Details
LOT 3701
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint.
1st officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; A in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. Near Very Fine.(10.10gr, 30mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3701
Diocletian BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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