Published Maximinus II Follis - Extremely Rare

233, Lot: 406. Estimate $100. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximinus II. As Caesar, AD 305-309. Æ Follis (24mm, 7.25 g, 11h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck November-December AD 307. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; S/F//PLG. RIC VI -; Lyon -; Lyon Supp. 446β (this coin illustrated). Good VF, dark green patina, some reverse encrustation. Extremely rare, and the only example cited in Lyon.

From the White Mountain Collection.