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LOT 3006
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 299. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; B in left field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC 85a. Good Very Fine.(9.89gr, 29mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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