Ancients
Diocletian (AD 284-305). AV aureus (20mm, 5.64 gm, 7h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 287. DIOCLETIA-NVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right, seen from behind / IOVI FVL-GE-RAT-ORI, Jupiter standing facing, nude but for cloak billowing to right, head right, leaning left about to hurl thunderbolt in right hand at anguipede giant at right, right hand raised; PR in exergue. RIC V.II 146. Calicó 4531. Excellent centering on broad, lustrous flan.
Ex MDC Monnaies de Collection, Auction 6 (29 October 2020), lot 146; Leu Numismatik, Auction 93 (10 May 2005), lot 116
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD