RIC VI, ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVIC-ONSE-R-VATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter seated l. on throne, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Many types with m.m. PR are omitted in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. There is a very slight possibility that some of them were minted after Reform. Also, others were added here for comparison. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 82, no. 6/5). Coin could be listed before ROMA 5a. See also: ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI] ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI] ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI] ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI CONSERVATORI]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 4.96 g. Coin sold on UBS Gold & Numismatics auction 78 (lot 1916) in September 2008 for CHF 9,000; sold on MDC Monaco auction 5 (lot 89) in November 2019 for EUR 11,500; sold on NumisCorner auction 4 (lot 788) in September 2024 for EUR 14,000. Other specimens: - from Sotheby auction March 1936 (lot 260) (p. 37 and plate VIII); cited in Depeyrot [click for picture].