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Extremely Rare Denarius of Diocelatian

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1060. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. 
Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. Æ Denarius (1.69 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 285. Laureate and draped bust right / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding scepter and thunderbolt; at feet to left, eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak. RIC V 187 var. (no eagle). Good VF, brown patina, minor porosity. Extremely rare.


Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 753.