Details
LOT 3512
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 296-297. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
IMP C C VAL 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; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 17a. Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(10.08gr, 28mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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