Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1215. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIOCLETIAN. 284-305 AD. AV Pre-Reform Aureus (4.65 gm, 1h). Cyzicus mint. Struck 284-286 AD. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / SOLI I-NVICTO, Sol standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left. RIC V 302; Depeyrot 2/6; Pink, Goldprägung, pg. 40; Hunter -; DOC -; Calicó 4566. EF, lustrous. ($3000)