6-2592

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 2a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED MINTMARK [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. L in left field, A in right field.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED MINTMARK. Specimen probably intended to imitate LUGDUNUM 2a-10 (cf. LUGDUNUM 2a) but LA was erroneously placed in fiels instead of m.m. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 7.86 g; diameter 28 mm. Rauceby hoard. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.368).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski