RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 7], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CONSULAR]

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., in mantle.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [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. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 124). Listed in Cloke-Toone (1.03.004). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 7.

NOTES

Weight 8.50 g. Sold on eBay in April 2015 for EUR 269.53 [Thanks to the collaboration of Zenon M.]. Other specimens: - sold on Savoca Numismatik auction 221 (lot 696) in July 2024 for EUR 340; weight 10.37 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture]; - from: Lord Stewartby, "Early Tetrarchic Coins of London from the Market Stainton Finds", Numismatic Chronicle 1998, p. 103, no. 30 and plate 28, no. 30; plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 9.17 g; diameter 27-29 mm [click for picture]; - from CollecOnline; posted by Maximianus (attribution uncertain); weight 10.45 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 601 (lot 524) in December 2025 for USD 180; weight 10.20 g; diameter 26.5 mm; bust may be regarded as cuirassed [click for picture].