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21 February 2021
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Antioch mint Diocletian aureus

Starting Price: 2000 CHF
Hammer Price:  3400 CHF
Lot 698

Diocletian, 284-305. Aureus (Gold, 20.5 mm, 4.65 g, 5 h), Antioch, 1st officina, 284-286. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Diocletian to right. Rev. IOVI CONSERV-ATORI AVG /SMA Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter with his left; at his feet to left, O. Biaggi -. Cohen 272. Calicó 4515b. Depeyrot 1/1. Lukanc, Antiochia 10. RIC 316. Repair marks at 12h, apparently a brilliantly pluggged hole, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 55, 14 May 1991, 771 (DM 6200, but there the plugging described as a "Schrötlingsfehler").

Online bidding closes: 21 Feb 2021, 20:49:00 CET Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 06:27:10 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:3400 CHF by MailBidder9127 (6 bids)
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