Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1227. Closing Date: Jan 
 10, 2005. Estimate $5000 Sold For $7250 

MAXIMIANUS. 285-305 AD. AV Post-Reform Aureus 
(5.40 gm, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck 296-297 AD. 
MAXIMIA-NVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / CONSVL 
V P P PRO COS, Maximianus standing left, holding 
globe in right hand and baton in left; •SMAS (S 
retrograde). RIC VI 12, pl. 15, 12 (same reverse 
die); Depeyrot 13/1; Pink, Goldprägung, pg. 49; 
Hunter -; DOC -; Calicó 4627 (this coin 
illustrated). Extremely rare. ($5000)

Ex Triton III (30 November - 1 December 1999), lot 1181.

RIC VI pg. 614, 12 describes the mintmark as dot SMAS 
star (S retrograde), yet pl. 15, 12 has not show the star 
and is the same die as this coin. 
Depeyrot repeats RIC's mistake citing the same coin. 

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