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ID:     Depeyrot_4
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Diocletian
Date Ruled:     AD 284-305
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Ceremonial Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 287
Weight:     6.33 g
Obverse Legend:     IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate bust left, wearing consular robes and holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand
Reverse Legend:     IOVI CONSERVATO_RI AVGG
Reverse Description:     Emperor standing right holding a sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, holding sceptre.
Exergue:     SMA
Mint Mark:     SMA/ N in center field
Mint:     Antioch
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     Depeyrot p. 138, 4 (Dumbarton Oaks)
Reference3:     Lukanc, Diokletianus, p. 152, 5 (Dumbarton Oaks, same reverse die)
Price Sold For:     16500 USD
Date Sold:     Jan. 11, 2005
Notes:     1)Freeman & Sear - Gemini I Auction, Session 2 - Lot No. 443 2) Ex Berk Buy or Bid Sale 96, 1997, lot 14. 3) All normal gold coins of Diocletian at the Antioch mint, from his accession until a stylistic reform of the coinage ca. 291, bore Greek numerals designating their weight, first O = 70 to a pound (ca. 4.6 gm), then later X = 60 to a pound (ca. 5.3 gm). Since our coin is in the same early style, its N in the field must be taken to mean "50 to a pound" (ca. 6.4 gm)