Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 756. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (5.30 g, 6h). Consular issue. Antioch mint, officina. Struck circa AD 296-297. DIOCLETIA-NVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / CONSVL VI P P PROCOS, Diocletian, laureate and wearing consular toga, standing left, holding globe and short scepter; star in left field; (star)//SMAΣ (Σ retrograde). RIC VI 13 var. (without star in left field); Lukanc -; Depeyrot -; cf. Calicó 4440. Near EF, lustrous. Unpublished variety.

This configuration of mint markings is known for this type of Diocletian during his 7th consulship (RIC VI 20).