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LOT 3358
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 287-288. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSER AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand, eagle at foot left; A in right field, SML in exergue. RIC V.2 35. Very Fine.(3.67gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included.
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