Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2, Lot: 452

ROMAN EMPIRE: Maximian (first reign). AD 286-305. AV aureus (5.17 gm). Antioch, AD 290. 
MAXIMIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate bust left, wearing consular robes 
and holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand
HERCVLI VLTORI, Hercules standing left, laureate, nude 
except for lion skin draped over left shoulder, holding club 
and apples of the Hesperides, SMA in exergue, value mark 
X (= 60) in left field. Calicó 4666a (this coin). Depeyrot 5/2, pl. 20. Exceedingly rare: the second known specimen 
after the one in Depeyrot (in Budapest), which is pierced 
and worn. Nearly mint state 

Ex NAC 21, 17 May 2001, lot 552; ex Leu 59, 17 May 1994, 
lot 329. Estimated Value: $ 14,000 

Sold for $13,000 USD [ approx 9880 EUR, 6890 GBP

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
          and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).