Lot 141
Rome. Galerius Maximianus, as Caesar, 293-305 AD. Gold Aureus (5.27 g), Nicomedia, struck 294 AD. Laureate head of Galerius right. Reverse: Sol standing facing, head right, raising right hand in salutation and holding globe and whip in left; SOLI INVICTO, SMN in exergue. Fr-795; RIC 7; Bastien, Donativa, p. 65, c; Biaggi --; Calicó 4948 (this coin); C. 200; Depeyrot 3/4. Brilliant and lustrous. Bold relief portrait. Extremely rare. NGC graded About Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000.
Ex "Perfectionist Collection," Leu 93, 10 May 2005, lot 123; private purchase from J. Vinchon in February 1952.
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