Superb Sestertius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 703. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (19.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. 2nd emission, AD 236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PAX AVGVSTI, S C across field, Pax standing facing, head left, holding branch in right hand, scepter in left. RIC IV 58; Banti 11a; BMCRE 72; Cohen 34. Superb EF, dark brown patina.