Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1214. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIOCLETIAN. 284-305 AD. AV Pre-Reform Aureus (4.49 gm, 6h). Cyzicus mint. Struck 284-286 AD. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / IOVI C-ONSE-RVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and sceptre in left. RIC V 295; Depeyrot 2/2; Pink, Goldprägung, pg. 40; Hunter 55; DOC -; Calicó 4482. EF, lustrous. ($3000)