6-2707

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 98a, DIOCLETIAN, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSPAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 98a (BM B.1057, 8.44 g) except for altar decorated with saltire cross instead of plain altar (as described in issue pattern on p. 248). Variety not mentioned in Bastien Lyon (294-316).

NOTES

Weight 8.10 g; diameter 26.7 mm. Sold on iNumis Mail Bid Sale 30 (lot 379) in October 2015 for EUR 310.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski