Triton XVIII, Lot: 1233. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck circa AD 295. DIOCLETI ANVS AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIA SARMAT, the four tetrarchs standing facing one another before city enclosure with six turrets, sacrificing over tripod. RIC VI 16a; Jeločnik 29; RSC 488d; DOC –; Hunter –; AdG p. 34 (this coin). Superb EF, toned.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 477.