RIC VI, HERACLEA [before 8], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-MILITVM [VIRTVS MILITVM]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in six- (or seven-) turreted enclosure. HA in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Galerius Maximian (p. 530). Gautier list three other examples in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 500, no. 16) but reads officina letter as Δ and regards this type as a hybrid. However, in Heraclea at that time Δ looks differently (cf. HERACLEA 8). It is also possible that both officinae exist. Coin should be listed in RIC before HERACLEA 8.

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 2.96 g; diameter 19.5 mm. Coin sold on Naville Numismatics Live Auction 28 (lot 704) in January 2017 for GBP 380. Other specimens: - from Baldwin's auction 3 (lot 455), October 1994; weight 3.23 g; shown in Gautier Argent (294-312) (plate 64, no. 16a); off. more similar to Δ [click for picture].