CNG 90, Lot: 1697. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. Quinarius (13mm, 1.11 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 285. DIOCLET IANVS A VG, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear over shoulder / [A]DVENTVS AVG, Diocletian on horseback riding left, raising hand and holding scepter, preceded by Victory advancing left, and followed by two soldiers. RIC VI –; King 1a = Venèra IV p. 69, n. 349 = Mazzini 7 (this coin). Fine, dark green and brown patina, minor deposits and roughness. Unique.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica I (19 May 1999), lot 2325; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 7; Münzen und Medaillen AG XIII (17 June 1954), lot 210.