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222.
Diocletian.
284-305 AD. Aureus, 4.64g (5h).
Cyzicus, 284-6 AD. Obv: IMP C C VAL
DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG Bust laureate, draped,
cuirassed right. Rx: IOVI C - ONSE - RVATORI
Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe and
scepter. RIC 295 (R). Depeyrot 2/2 (p. 132, 40 spec-
imens). Calicó 4482 (same obv. die). Cohen 248 (80
Fr.). Mint State
$10,000
Ex Tkalec, 18 February 2002, lot 236
.
223.
Aureus, 5.42g (5h). Antioch, 286 AD. Obv: IMP C
G VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG Bust laureate,
draped, cuirassed right, seen from front. Rx: FATIS
VICTRICIBVS The Three Fates standing beside
one another, facing right, front, and left respectively,
holding hands; the figure on the left also raises her
right hand; SMA in exergue, numeral Ξ (60 to the
pound) in lower right field between the second and
third figures. RIC 314 (R3). Depeyrot 3/2 (p. 137,
2 specimens). Calicó 4447a (same dies). Cohen 56
(400 Fr.). Mint State
$10,000
Ex Triton V, 15-16 January 2002, lot 2137
.
Hercules Fighting Hydra
224.
Maximianus.
286-305 AD. Aureus, 5.99g (1h).
Rome, 294 AD. Obv: MAXIMI - ANVS P F AVG
Head laureate right. Rx: HERCVLI - DEBELLAT
around, PROM in exergue, Hercules standing left,
raising his club to smite the Lernian hydra, one
of whose heads he has siezed with his other hand,
while the hydra for its part has wrapped its tail
around Hercules’ lower right leg. Depeyrot 9/5 (p.
83, 19 specimens). Pink, Goldprägung, p. 21. Cohen
255 (300 Fr., du Chastel Coll.). Omitted by mistake
from RIC. Rare Labor of Hercules on an aureus.
Mint State
$10,000
Ex Triton V, 15-16 January 2002, lot 2149 (Jürgen
K. Schmidt Collection). Ex Triton II, 1-2 December
1998, lot 1040
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