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. This type belongs to a rare early emission of the reformed London mint. Could be easy confused with unmarked emission from continental mints prepared for Constantius' invasion of Britain and listed in RIC among LUGDUNUM 14a-21. So keep in mind that some of the specimens below may be regarded as LUGDUNUM 14a. 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]; - from Leszek Wąsik's collection; weight 9.90 g; diameter 27-28 mm; rev. legend break V-L [click for picture]; - Sully Hoard II (A); from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/491); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 8.96 g; diameter 26.5 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 the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.5); Rauceby hoard; weight 9.65 g; diameter 28 mm; rev. legend break V-L [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].