Interesting Argenteus Imitation

406, Lot: 791. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AR Argenteus (18mm, 2.55 g, 11h). Contemporary imitation. Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 295-297 or later. Laureate head right / The four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets; Є. For prototype: cf. RIC VI 40a; cf. Jeločnik 49; cf. RSC 516†g. VF, lightly toned, reverse struck off center.