RIC VI, CYZICUS [before 1], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETIANVS-AVGVSTVS [DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head l., laur.
REVERSE	CONCORDI-AEAVGGNN [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN]; Diocletian and Maximianus std. l., each holding globe and parazonium; Victory flying above, crowning them.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Minted in 293, shortly after the First Tetrarchy was established, so apparently belongs to the pre-reform coinage. Note that there is a possibility that some coins of this type were minted in Antioch. Listed in RIC V/2 (Diocletian 292 (Cyzicus; with wrong obv. legend: 11 instead of 13, probably misprint) and Diocletian 313 (Antioch)). Listed in Depeyrot (Cyzicus; p. 135, no. 13/2). Could be listed in RIC before CYZICUS 1. See also: CYZICUS [before 1], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN] CYZICUS [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN] CYZICUS [before 1], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN] CYZICUS [before 1], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN] CYZICUS [before 1], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [CONCORDIAE AVGG NN]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.39 g; diameter 19.5 mm. Coin sold on CNG Triton XXVI (lot 832) in January 2023 for USD 7,000; sold on Gadoury Auction XIX (lot 1236) in October 2025 for EUR 8,000. Other specimens: - sold on Rauch auction 94 (lot 1301) in April 2014 for EUR 14,000; sold on Rauch auction 97 (lot 776) in April 2015 for EUR 15,000; weight 5.28 g [click for picture]; - sold on Rauch auction 103 (lot 499) in March 2017 for EUR 11,500; weight 6.15 g (heavy aureus) [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 71 (lot 271) in May 2013 for CHF 44,000; weight 5.31 g [click for picture].