Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 218. Estimate CHF1400.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Argenteus (3.25 g 6), Thessalonica, c. 302. MAXIMIANVS AVG Laureate head of Maximianus to right. Rev. VIRTVS MILITVM / TS.A. Camp gate with with doors thrown back, star above arch and four turrets. RIC 11b var. (not recorded with this officina). Extremely rare. Bright and well struck. Tiny flan crack, otherwise, virtually as struck.

From the Tetrarchy Collection, New York.