Triton XVI, Lot: 1132. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Pre-Reform type. Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 285-286. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / MARS V ICTOR, Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over shoulder in left. RIC V 2; Lukanc 2 (same dies as Paris specimen); Lyon 1; Depeyrot 1/1; Calicó 4543 (same dies as illustration). Superb EF.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 753; Triton VII (12 January 2004), lot 1040.