Triton XVIII, Lot: 1234. Estimate $10000. Sold for $17000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (21mm, 4.63 g, 12h). Light issue. Cyzicus mint. Struck AD 284-286. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI ORBIS, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory set on globe in outstretched right hand and scepter in left. RIC V 299; Depeyrot 2/3; Calicó 4525 = Biaggi 1729; DOC –; Hunter –. Superb EF, lustrous.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 1037.