Details
LOT 3517
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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