RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 3a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST B
OBVERSE
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IMPDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head l., laur.
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REVERSE
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GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. LB in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OBVERSE VARIETY. Not attested for this issue (p. 241). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 155, no. 24; ANS coin). Should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 3a.
See also:
LUGDUNUM [after 3a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST A
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NOTES
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Weight 10.12 g; diameter 26.5 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.1116). Note that this specimen is erroneously cited in RIC as LUGDUNUM 3a with obv. legend IMP C DIOCLATIANVS P F AVG.
Other specimens:
- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.186); weight 9.46 g; diameter 27.5 mm; probably from the same rev. die; note, however, that in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 152, no. 12) erroneously cited as a sole example from off. A [click for picture].
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