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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [before 10], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [A] [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSPFAG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AG]; bust r., laur., cuir. [A].

REVERSE

[GE]NIOPOPV-LIRO[MANI] [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 - A. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 124). Possibly an ancient imitation. Could be mentioned in RIC before LONDINIUM 10.

NOTES

Weight 10.29 g; diameter 27 mm. Rauceby hoard/ From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.366).

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.355); Rauceby hoard; weight 8.60 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski