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ID: |
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Depeyrot_4 |
| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Diocletian |
| Date Ruled: |
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AD 284-305
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Ceremonial Aureus |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 287 |
| Weight: |
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6.33 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG |
| Obverse Description: |
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Laureate bust left, wearing consular robes and holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand |
| Reverse Legend: |
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IOVI CONSERVATO_RI AVGG |
| Reverse Description: |
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Emperor standing right holding a sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, naked but for chlamys across left shoulder, holding sceptre. |
| Exergue: |
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SMA |
| Mint Mark: |
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SMA/ N in center field |
| Mint: |
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Antioch |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC unlisted |
| Reference2: |
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Depeyrot p. 138, 4 (Dumbarton Oaks) |
| Reference3: |
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Lukanc, Diokletianus, p. 152, 5 (Dumbarton Oaks, same reverse die) |
| Price Sold For: |
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16500 USD |
| Date Sold: |
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Jan. 11, 2005 |
| Notes: |
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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) |
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