Ancients
Diocletian (AD 284-305). AV aureus (25mm, 5.34 gm, 5h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Consular issue, Antioch, AD 296-297. DIOCLETIANVS-AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Diocletian right / CONSVL VI-P P PROCOS, Diocletian standing facing in consular robes, laureate head left, globe outward in right hand, transverse short baton in left; SMAΣ* in exergue. RIC VI 13. Calicó 4440. Sharply struck high relief portrait on brilliantly lustrous surfaces.
Ex Triton XXI (9 January 2018), lot 838. George W. La Borde Collection of Roman Aurei (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 91 (23 May 2016), lot 56. Heritage Auctions 3015 (7 September 2011), lot 23374. Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 293.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 15000-20000 USD