Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1078. Closing Date: Jan 10, 2005. Estimate $5000 Sold For $7500 

MAXIMIANUS. 285-305 AD. Æ Medallion (36.57 gm, 
6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 296-299 AD. 

IMP C M A VAL MAX-IMIANVS P F AVG, laureate half-length bust 
right, wearing toga picta over tunica palmata, seen from front, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand.
HERCVLI CON-SERVATORI AVGG, Hercules seated facing on rock 
outcropping, holding right hand over right thigh and resting 
left forearm on top of lion's skin lying on lap; left hand 
holding club set on ground; quiver and bow in right field. 

Cf. Gnecchi II pg. 127, 2 and pl. 126, 4 (smaller 
module; head right, wearing lion's skin headdress); 
Choice VF, traces of silvering. Apparently unique and 
unpublished. ($5000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Gorny & 
Mosch 125 (13 October 2003), lot 573.

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