CILICIA, Tarsus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (36mm, 25.00 g, 7h). VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 154. Estimated: $ 1 000

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 1 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CILICIA, Tarsus. Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ (36mm, 25.00 g, 7h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / The Three Graces (Charites) standing, arms around each other’s shoulders; the central figure seen from behind and facing right, those on ends facing front, heads left and right, respectively, and holding flowers. RPC VI Online 7113.12 (this coin); SNG BN –; SNG Levante 1096; Staal 36.1.1 (this coin illustrated on cover and pl. 6). Dark green patina with earthen highlights, slight roughness. VF.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 26 April 2012. Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1422.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 10:51:00 ET.



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