CNG 99, Lot: 712. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 5.38 g, 5h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 293. DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / CONSVL V P P PROCOS, emperor standing left, holding globus in outstretched right hand; SMAΣ. RIC VI 5 var. (also holding scepter in left hand); Depeyrot 8/1; Calicó 4438 var. (same); Biaggi –. Good VF, slight wave to flan, a few marks. Rare.