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Argenteus with head of Maximian I Herculius

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 305–307
Mint: Treveri

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 2.95 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number52.1022
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Maximian, laureate, right.
MAXIMI ANVSPFAVG
Reverse: Gate of camp with open door and four towers.
VIRTVS MILITVM PTR (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy 1952: with Hotel Drouot, 7 rue Drouot, Paris (auction, June 13, 1952, lot 204); sold at Hotel Drouot auction to Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland on behalf of MFA; September 11, 1952: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G. for $50.00