6-2518

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 3a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST B

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head l., 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. LB in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

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

NOTES

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].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski