Lot 80
80
Aureus, 4.00g., Rome, 286 A.D., IMP M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre (RIC -, cf.496 with CONSERVAT; C.-), traces of mounting, good very fine, extremely rare and apparently unpublished
Aureus, 4.00g., Rome, 286 A.D., IMP M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre (RIC -, cf.496 with CONSERVAT; C.-), traces of mounting, good very fine, extremely rare and apparently unpublished

Details
Aureus, 4.00g., Rome, 286 A.D., IMP M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre (RIC -, cf.496 with CONSERVAT; C.-), traces of mounting, good very fine, extremely rare and apparently unpublished
Provenance
H Lanz auction 34, 25 November 1985, lot 836

Lot Essay

The date is indicated by the low weight of 4.00g., see RIC V, part II, p.207, class I. These issues are now accepted as the earliest of the joint reign. The reverse legend is unpublished, and this example is the only one known.