Pedigreed to 1929 - Extremely Rare

453, Lot: 620. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 4.68 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 285. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI A A ETERNA, Victory advancing right, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm. RIC V 150 var. (bust type); Depeyrot 1A/4 (this coin cited in inventory volume, but listing wrong Hamburger sale); Calicó 4568; Biaggi 1739. Lightly toned, underlying luster, light cleaning marks, some scrapes and scratches on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of only 5 examples inventoried by Depeyrot, including the sole example on CoinArchives.

From the Alpine Collection. Ex Vinchon (30 June 1978), lot 151; Geheimrat von Kaufmann Collection (L. Hamburger, 27 May 1929), lot 1552.