6-1434

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 6a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMA[NI] [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 OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for this issue. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 6a except for ...AG in obv. legend instead of ...AVG. May be regarded as an ancient imitation. Cf. also footnote 3 on p. 124 to LONDINIUM 11 with obv. legend 1c (IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AV): "Lettering crude: probably semi-barbarous". Coin could be noted in RIC after LONDINIUM 6a.

NOTES

Weight 9.10 g; diameter 25 mm. Coin sold on eBay in January 2018 for EUR 48.50.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski