Diocletian (AD 284-305). AV aureus (17mm, 5.48 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, graffito. Aquileia, AD 294-303. DIOCLETI-ANVS P F AVG, laureate head of Diocletian right / VOT / XX / AVGG, legend in three lines within wreath terminating in jewel, based closed with eagle. RIC VI 7a. Depeyrot 2/1. Beaurains 37 (this coin). Baldwin-Brett, NC 1933, 62.3 (this coin). Calicó 4585. Interesting ΛΛ Λ grafitto on obverse. Deep red-orange toning throughout. Very rare - among the 3 examples on CoinArchives. The eagle on the reverse is the identifier for Aquileia on this issue. This coin published in P. Bastien & C. Metzger, "Le Trésor de Beaurains" (1977) and again in Agnes Baldwin Brett, "The Aurei and Solidi of the Arras Hoard" (Numismatic Chronicle 52, 1933). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 1120; 'The property of a foreign collector', Glendining & Co (27-28 May 1936), lot 224; R. Ratto FPL (April 1933), lot 391; Pompeo Bonazzi Collection, R. Ratto (7 June 1926), lot 2307; 'Arras Hoard': found in a field in Pouvoir Dhée, near Beaurains lès Arras, on 21 September 1922.

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