RIC VI, NICOMEDIA [after 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1c]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETIA-NVSAVGVSTVS [DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS] [1c]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICONSE-RVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys hanging behind, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - 1c. Not attested for this issue, but cf. NICOMEDIA 11 with m.m. •SMN (BM 1864,1128.165, 5.35 g). Note that NICOMEDIA 5a with obv. legend 1b [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG] also exists and is significantly more common. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 120, no. 3/2) with obv. legend break S-A and rev. legend break S-E (but relevant picture on plate 18 shows rev. legend break E-R). Should be listed in RIC after NICOMEDIA 5a.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.32 g. Coin sold on Peus auction 414 (lot 283) in April 2015 for EUR 18,000.