Diocletian AV Aureus. Rome, AD 293-4. DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing head to left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long sceptre in left; PROM in exergue. RIC -; C. 221; Lukanc p. 158, 34 (ANS inv. 88.0062.0361), p. 178, 25 (Berlin, SM inv. 1212/1910, same reverse die), p. 210, 3 (Sofia, AIM inv. 2201) and p. 222, 22; Bastien & Metzger 161-2; Calicó 4473b; Depeyrot 9/1. 5.00g, 19mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine; lustrous. Very Rare.
From the Brian Henry Grover (1924-2015) Collection.