Maximian (AD 286-305), Gold Aureus, 4.8 gms., mint of Rome, undated, IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, bust of Maximian right, in lion's skin, rev. IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt and sceptre (RIC 494), an X scratched in the right obverse field, otherwise extremely fine or thereabouts and very rare with a superb portrait of Maximian in the guise of his patron god