RIC VI, LONDINIUM [before 6a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPVL-IROMANI [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 ISSUE. Specimen from a rare early issue of the reformed London mint. Often confused with LUGDUNUM 14a-21 or other unmarked issues from continental mints. Listed in Cloke-Toone (1.02.001). Should be listed in RIC before LONDINIUM 6a. See also: LONDINIUM [before 6a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE LONDINIUM [before 6a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE LONDINIUM [before 6a], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE

NOTES

Weight 9.91 g; diameter 26.3-26.6 mm. Ex Lee Toone. Sold on Spink auction 15007 (lot 650) in December 2015 for GBP 160. Other specimens: - sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 2506) in March 2023 for CHF 90; weight 9.61 g; diameter 27 mm; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture]; - sold on Dix Noonan Webb Live Online Auction (lot 113) in April 2018 for GBP 260; weight 8.28 g; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture]; - from Spink auction 15007 (lot 651), December 2015; ex Lee Toone; weight 10.65 g; diameter 25.7-27.6 mm; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture]; - from CGB Live auction September 2018 (brm_497786); weight 8.99 g; diameter 25.50 mm; rev. legend break P-V [click for picture]; - from: Lord Stewartby, "Early Tetrarchic Coins of London from the Market Stainton Finds", Numismatic Chronicle 1998, p. 100, no. 2 and plate 27, no. 2; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture]; - from Bridgend Hoard (p. 188, 210 and plate 31, no. 2); weight 10.80 g; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture].