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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4557288, member: 96898&quot;]That&#039;s a &quot;radiate fraction&quot; minted for the emperor Maximian in the late 3rd century AD, for further details <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.alex.46b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.alex.46b" rel="nofollow">see here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s historical value is great – this is a 1.700 year old witness of one of the crucial periods in Western history. Yet, in this poor state of preservation, its financial value is rather minimal. For comparison, I paid less than $10 for the coin of Maximian&#039;s colleague Diocletian below, and it is in much higher grade than your example.</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1128265[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Diocletian, Roman Empire, radiate fraction, 295–299 AD, Cyzicus mint. Obv: IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG; radiate, draped, cuirassed bust of Diocletian r. Rev: CONCORDIA MILITVM; Jupiter standing l. and holding sceptre presents Victory to emperor standing r.; between them, mintmark KΓ. 22mm, 3.2g. RIC VI Cyzicus 15a.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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