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LOT 3522

Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.

IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. Near Extremely Fine.(11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.).

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

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LOT 3522

Diocletian BI Nummus.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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