Aureus - Galerius PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS; Serdica

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Caesar	Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) (293-305)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	305-306
Value	Aureus (10)
Currency	Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition	Gold
Weight	5.38 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 479969
References	RIC VI# 9B Harold Mattingly, Percy H. Webb, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 6. From Diocletian's Reform (AD 294) to the Death of Maximinus (AD 313) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.6.serd.9b Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , Depey Rom# 1/6 Georges Depeyrot; 2006. La monnaie romaine : 211 av. J.-C. - 476 apr. J.-C.. Errance, Paris, France. , Calicó# 5025 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes). , Biaggi Rome# 1897 Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.). Leo Biaggi Collection of Roman gold coins and medallions.

Obverse

Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAXIMINVS NOB CAES

Unabridged legend: Maximianvs Nobilissimus Caesar

Translation: Maximianus most noble caesar

Reverse

Maximinus Daia, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding out globe right hand and leaning on sceptre with left hand; to right, two ensigns.

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
PRINCIPI IVV-ENTVTIS
Σ
•SM•SD•

Mint

•SM•SD•

Serdica, Thrace, modern-day Sophia, Bulgaria

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (305-306) •SM•SD•								$ 9300	$ 23 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 135 Lot 385	21 Nov 2022	UNC (NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5)	USD 24 021.87 (CHF 19 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 125 Lot 780	23 Jun 2021	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5)	USD 37 929.26 (CHF 30 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 117 Lot 356	1 Oct 2019	AU	USD 21 493.25 (CHF 17 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	H. D. Rauch Auction 94 Lot 1325	9 Apr 2014	AU	USD 23 226.29 (EUR 20 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© H. D. Rauch
	Künker Auction 341 Lot 6064	1 Oct 2020	XF	USD 9290.52 (EUR 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 224 Lot 685	13 Oct 2014	XF	USD 16 258.41 (EUR 14 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	H. D. Rauch Auction 87 Lot 843	8 Dec 2010	XF	USD 9290.52 (EUR 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© H. D. Rauch
	CNG Triton XII Lot 768	6 Jan 2009	XF	USD 12 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection (Naville III, 16 June 1921), lot 174; J. Hirsch XXIV (5 May 1914), lot 1548
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Künker Auction 97 Lot 1878	7 Mar 2005	XF	USD 3716.21 (EUR 3200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 24 Lot 260	5 Dec 2002	XF	USD 10 746.62 (CHF 8500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG