Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1040. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIOCLETIAN. 284-305 AD. AV Pre-Reform Aureus (3.85 gm). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 285-286 AD. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind / MARS V-ICTOR, Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder. RIC V 2; Lukanc, Diocletianvs pg. 232, 2; Lyon 1; Depeyrot 1/1; Hunter -; Calicó 4543 (same dies); Cohen 313. Superb EF. ($7500)