★ The Only Example in Private Hands ★

Maximinus I Æ37 of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 235-238. M. Aur. Poplios, son of Proklianos, strategos. Α Κ Γ Ι ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜЄΙΝΟϹ Κ Γ Ι ΟΥΗ ΜΑΞΙΜΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ, Maximinus and Maximus seated left on curule chairs, each holding roll and with hand outstretched; Maximinus holds globe / ЄΠΙ ϹΤΡ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΟΠΛΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΛΙΑΝΟΥ, ΠΡΩΤΑ ΚΟΙΝΑ ΑСΙΑС ЄΝ СΜΥΡΝΗ within wreath. RPC VI Online 4685 (temporary); Klose 1; BMC 440. 26.02g, 37mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare; RPC cites only six examples, all of which are in museum collections.

From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.