Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2 Lot: 451

ROMAN EMPIRE. Maximian (first reign, AD 286-305). 
Ceremonial AV aureus struck at 50 to a pound (6.10 
g). Antioch, AD 287. 

IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre.
IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, 

value mark N (= 50) in left field.
Mintmark SMA. 

RIC -. C -. Depeyrot -. Apparently unique and unpublished. 

Sold for $12,500 USD [ approx 9500 EUR, 6625 GBP
Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).