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RIC VI, TREVERI 579, DIOCLETIAN, REVERSE VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., head towered, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. PTR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to TREVERI 579 except for absence of letters S|F in fields. Possibly an ancient imitation or an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 7.95 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics for GBP 100.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski