7-985

RIC VI, TREVERI 75, DIOCLETIAN, Æ TRIAL PIECE

  

OBVERSE

DIOCLETI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

PRIMI/XX/IOVI AVG/COS VIII/PTR in five lines in wreath.

NOT IN RIC

Æ TRIAL PIECE. Probably Æ trial piece of TREVERI 75 (aureus). It could be also an Æ fraction (not listed in Zschucke BTP) or a remains of an ancient forgery which were originally gold-plated.

NOTES

Weight 2.26 g; diameter 18 mm. Offered on Roma Numismatics Ltd. auction in December 2010.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski