Triton XVI, Lot: 1139. Estimate $10000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.50 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Struck AD 298. DIOCL ETIANVS AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CO N SER AVSS, Jupiter Optimus Maximus standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left; to left at feet, eagle standing left, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; -*//ALE. RIC VI 4 var. (obv. legend break) = Lukanc 55; VanHorn Emission 5; Depeyrot 6/1 = Lukanc 2; Calicó -. EF, traces of underlying luster. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection. Ex Berk 106 (20 January 1999), lot 15.