26 Centuries of Gold
294-303 Diocletian
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - ROMAN EMPIRE (1st CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ROMAN EMPIRE Diocletian, AD 284-305 |
| Item Description: |
AV Aureus 284-305 ex Rauch 75 (5/2005), 811 Aquileia. rv Concordia. |
| Full Grade: |
NGC Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
Owner Comments:
AD 284-305. The guy who brought us the edict on maximum prices. Price controls then, and probably soon again.
Diocletian gold aureus (17mm, 5.42 g, 12h). Aquileia mint. Struck circa AD 294-303. DIOCLETI ANVS P F AVG, laureate head right / CONCORDIA AVGG ET CAESS NNNN, Concordia seated left on high-backed throne, holding patera with right hand, cradling double cornucopia with left; AQ. RIC VI 2a; P&Z 1; Depeyrot 1/2; Calicó 4425; Biaggi 1693; Mazzini 26; Gorny & Mosch 257, lot 956 (same dies).
Ex HD Rauch 75 (May 6, 2005) Lot 811. HD Rauch identified this as RR. This is not a common reverse.
According to CNG, "Lustrous. Good VF. High relief portrait. Ex Provence Collection."