6-746

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 24], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

   

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Similar to bust type C, but not attested for this issue (p. 125). Coin should be listed after LONDINIUM 24.

NOTES

Weight 10.15 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Compagnie Générale de Bourse auction in November 2009 for EUR 175.

Other specimens:

- specimen sold on Compagnie Générale de Bourse auction in June 2004 for EUR 200; weight 8.69 g; diameter 27.5 mm [click for picture];

- specimen sold on Spink auction in October 2001 for $287 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski