Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1062. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $8500. 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. Laureate head right / Diocletian standing left, holding globe and scepter; star in left field; (star)//SMAΣ (Σ retrograde). Cf. RIC VI 22 (CONSVL VII); Lukanc -; Depeyrot -; cf. Calicó 4440. Near EF, lustrous. Unpublished variety.

While the mint mark (star at end of legend//SMAΣ) is known for Diocletian during his sixth consulship (RIC VI 13), the addition of the star in the field is known only for the seventh consulship.