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RIC VI, TREVERI 293, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

[IM]PDIOCLELTIANVSPAVG [IMP DIOCLELTIANVS (sic!) P AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. A in left field, star in right field. TR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to TREVERI 293 except for DIOCLELTIANVS instead of DIOCLETIANVS in obv. legend. Apparently an engraver's error.

See also:
TREVERI 293, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 8.15 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 11 (lot 1912) in February 2020 for CHF 80.

Other specimens:

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by Gert [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski