Triton XXII, Lot: 1163. Estimate $25000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.49 g, 12h). Consular issue. Cyzicus mint. Struck AD 287. DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / COS III, Diocletian, laureate and in military outfit, right on horseback right, raising right hand in salutation and holding scepter and reins in left. RIC V 287; Depeyrot 7/2; DOC –; Calicó 4445; Biaggi 1702. Superb EF, lustrous. Rare.