Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 5.69 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 294. DIOCLETI ANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOV I CONS ERVATORI, PR in exergue, Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and scepter; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak. RIC V 142a var. (bust type); Depeyrot 6/4; Calicó 4510; Biaggi 1723; Jameson –; Mazzini 266. Scratches and scrapes, a few small deposits. Good VF.
Ex Dr. Walter Stoecklin (†1975) Collection (Nomos Obolos 9, 25 March 2018), lot 432, purchased from Leu.