Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
Lot number: 899 Price realized: 7,500 USD (Approx. 6,869 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Maximinus II. As Caesar, AD 305-309. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.16 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 2nd officina. 6th emission, 2nd series, AD 306-307. MAXIMIN VS NOB CAES, laureate head right / CONCOR DIΛ ΛVGG, Tyche of Alexandria standing facing, head left, holding a bust of Serapis in her extended right hand and a scepter with her left; B|–//ALE. RIC VI –; Gautier, Argent 65d (this coin); RSC –; NAC 52, lot 597 (same dies); Helios I, lot 585 (same dies); Gorny & Mosch 164, lot 448 (same dies). Attractive iridescent tone, minor edge marks. Superb EF. Extremely rare. The fourth known example, all from the same dies. Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 845; Tetrarchy Collection (Nomos 3, 10 May 2011), lot 243; Freeman & Sear FPL 13 (Winter 2008), no. 72. Estimate: 5000 USD |