CNG 99, Lot: 709. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diocletian. AD 284-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Ticinum mint. Struck circa AD 295. Laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets. RIC VI 18a; Jelocnik 28; RSC 516†d. EF, lustrous, a few minor marks.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.