Triton XIV, Lot: 811. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.37 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 303. DIOCLETIA NVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / XX/DIOCL/ETIAN/I AVG in four lines; SMN below; all within laurel wreath. RIC V 13; Depeyrot 7/2; Calicó 4593a. Near EF, matte surfaces, a few light scratches on obverse. Rare.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.