CNG 111, Lot: 793. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (19mm, 4.63 g, 6h). Pre-reform issue. Cyzicus mint. Struck AD 284-286. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONS ERVA TORI ORBIS, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, scepter in left. RIC V 299; Lukanc 14; Depeyrot 2/3; Calicó 4524; Biaggi 1729 var. (breaks in rev. legend); Hunterian 56; Jameson –; Mazzini –; Tkalec (29 February 2012), lot 243 (same obv. die). EF, lustrous, a few minor marks on obverse.