231, Lot: 226. Estimate $100. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Diocletian. As Senior Augustus, AD 305-311/2. Æ Follis (28mm, 9.22 g, 12h). Serdica mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 305-306. Laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / Providentia standing right, receiving olive branch from Quies standing left, holding scepter; S-F/Є/•SM•SD•. RIC VI 14a var. (spelling in obv. legend). Near VF, dark green patina, smoothed.
From the Elliott-Kent Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group E187, lot 233.