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

OBVERSE	DIOCLETIANVS-AVGVSTVS [DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., 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. 13/1). 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]

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Lighter aureus. Weight 5.44 g; diameter 19.5 mm. Coin sold on CNG Triton XX (lot 846) in January 2017 for USD 18,000; sold on CNG auction 106 (lot 804) in September 2017 for USD 9,500; sold on CNG Triton XXIII (lot 851) in January 2020 for USD 13,000. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 80 (lot 230) in October 2014 for CHF 30,000; weight 5.42 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 71 (lot 270) in May 2013 for CHF 36,000; weight 5.35 g [click for picture].