Head of Diocletian, laureate, right., Jupiter, seated left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at foot, eagle holding wreath in its beak, Graded NGC Ch VF★ Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5. Very fine specimen, with a superb patina, struck on a very wide flan, with all the grenetis on the obverse and the reverse, with many details on the portrait as on the engraving of Jupiter. An extremely rare specimen, with a variety not mentioned in the RIC (RIC V Diocletian 142a), with the head of Diocletian, without his drapery or his cuirass. Only a few specimens are known, around ten of this variety have been seen in sales over the last 10 years and 4 examples of this variety are known in public collections (Vienna, Berlin, British Museum and ANS). RIC V 142a var. (bust type); Calicó 4510., DIOCLETI-ANVS P F AVG, IOVI C-ONSER-VATORI // PR NGC certificate number: 6639614-004