Triton XX, Lot: 847. Estimate $15000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (18mm, 5.32 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint. Struck AD 294. DIOCLETI–ANVS AVG, laureate head right / VIRT–VS A–VGG NN, Diocletian, in military attire, enthroned right, holding globe in right hand and spear in left hand, being crowned by Victory standing behind him; before, bound captive seated right, head left. RIC VI 2; Depeyrot 15/3; Calicó 4580; Biaggi 1761 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). EF. Very rare.

From the Continental Collection.