RIC VI, ROMA, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [MONETA AVGG] (lighter)

OBVERSE	IMPCCVALDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	MONETAAVGG [MONETA AVGG]; three Monetae stg. l., each holding scale and cornucopiae.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Æ medallions of the rulers of the first Tetrarchy with three Monetae on reverse are omitted both in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. Judging from portraits, part of them belongs to the pre-reform coinage, but the present writer decided not to make his own, and rather arbitrary, division of this material. Note that there are at least two different issues: lighter (c. 20 g), probably earlier, and heavier (over 30 g).

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 24.14 g; diameter 37 mm. Coin sold on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in November 2000 for $3,499; sold again on NUMISMATIK LANZ auction in May 2002 for $4,415.