Ancients
Diocletian (AD 284-305). AV aureus (20mm, 4.67 gm, 12h). Cyzicus, AD 284-286. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right / IOVI CON-SERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and scepter. RIC 295d. Cohen 248. Calicó 4482. Crisply struck on a round flan. NGC (photo-certificate) AU 5/5 - 3/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Dreesmann Collection (Spink London, 13 April 2000), lot 72; Bankhaus Aufhauser (Berlin, 21-22 October 1985), lot 380.
Estimate: 9000-12000 USD