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

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	IOVI-CONS-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. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 81, no. 5B/4; this coin cited but bust described as cuirassed and draped; also, obv. legend break given in error as A-N). Could be listed in RIC 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 5.51 g. Ex Hirsch auction 29 (lot 1315), November 1910; sold on Gemini II (lot 510) in January 2006 for USD 8,500; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 91 (lot 54) in May 2016 for CHF 18,000.