412, Lot: 664. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AR Argenteus (18mm, 2.94 g, 12h). Ticinum mint, 1st officina. 2nd emission, circa AD 295. Laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets. RIC VI 18a; Jelocnik 28; RSC 516†d. EF, deeply toned.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection.