Triton XVI, Lot: 1135. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 2.74 g, 12h). Siscia mint. Struck circa AD 295. DIOCLETI ANVS AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS M ILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets; SIS. RIC VI 52a var. (rev. legend break); Jelocnik 6 var. (same); RSC 516†h. FDC, toned with iridescence around devices, minor hairline flan crack. Apparently unique variety with this reverse legend break.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 1210.