RIC VI, ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVIFVL-GERATORI [IOVI FVLGERATORI]; Jupiter advancing r., cloak flying, r. holding thunderbolt, serpent-legged giant to right. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Omitted from RIC V/2 (but cf. 144) and RIC VI. There is a slight possibility that some of these omitted issues were minted after Reform (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 20). Calicó 4530a. Could be listed before ROMA 5a. See also: ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.34 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction in April 2008 for $14,775. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in January 2006 for $8,000; weight 5.62 g; rev. legend breaks G-E-RAT-OR-I [click for picture]; - specimen sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2011 for EUR 14,000; weight 4.97 g; rev. legend breaks G-E-RAT-OR-I [click for picture].