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

OBVERSE	DIOCLETIA-NVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	IOVICONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter seated l. on throne, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre; to l., eagle with wreath in beak. 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. Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: S-E and I-CONS-E, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 81, no. 5B/2; rev. legend breaks I-CONS-E). 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 4.59 g (sic!). Ex Hirsch auction 34 (lot 1518), 1914. Sold on Künker auction 377 (lot 6022) in October 2022 for EUR 8,000. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. BNK,R.62); weight 6.04 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 25 (lot 575) in June 2003 for CHF 5,250; weight 3.51 g (sic!; typo?); diameter 21 mm; rev. legend breaks I-CONS-E [click for picture]; - sold on CNG auction 90 (lot 1698) in May 2012 for USD 6,000; weight 5.21 g; diameter 19 mm; rev. legend breaks I-CONS-E [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 67 (lot 208) in October 2012 for CHF 42,000; sold on 51 Gallery June Auction (lot 81) in June 2017 for EUR 45,500; weight 5.259 g; rev. legend breaks I-CONS-E [click for picture]; - from Hirsch auction 34 (lot 1517), May 1914; weight 4.60 g [click for picture].