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LOT 3174
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Antioch mint; struck AD 285. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, emperor standing to right, holding parazonium and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; ЄΔ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 325. Very Fine.(3.81gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3174
Diocletian BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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