Details
LOT 3257
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Antioch mint; struck AD 284. 4th officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG, Diocletian standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; Δ between; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 324. Near Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.(3.83gr, 20mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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