Triton XVI, Lot: 1137. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (21mm, 4.68 g, 12h). Pre-Reform type. Cyzicus mint. Struck AD 284-286. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI C ONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left on ground line, holding Victory set on globe in right hand and scepter in left. RIC V 295; Lukanc 10; Depeyrot 2/2; Calicó 4482. Superb EF.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Forestier (14 November 2007), lot 144.