6-1791

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 7], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CONSULAR]

   

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., in mantle., holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [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 BUST TYPE. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 124). Listed in Cloke-Toone (2.01.005). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 7.

NOTES

Weight 10.58 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From Stewartby - London Mint (p. 185, no. 5; plate XXXI, no. 5).

Other specimens:

- from the Yorkshire Museum (YORYM: 2013.1295) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski