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

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
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 four different rev. legend breaks are attested: V-ICONS-E-R, C-ON-S-E, E-R and S-E, which could make in RIC four separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 82, no. 6/4; rev. break S-E). Coin 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 5.35 g; diameter 19 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 23390). Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. THO.2762); weight 5.05 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 106 (lot 1039) in May 2018 for CHF 14,000; weight 5.41 g; rev. legend break E-R [click for picture]; - sold on Tkalec auction February 2001 (lot 361) for CHF 8,800; weight 5.51 g [click for picture]; - sold on Pecunem (Gitbud & Naumann) 21 (lot 832) in September 2014 for EUR 5,750; weight 5.29 g; diameter 20 mm; rev. legend breaks C-ON-S-E [click for picture]; - sold on CNG Triton XVI (lot 1133) in January 2013 for USD 12,000; weight 5.44 g; diameter 19 mm; rev. legend break E-R [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 71 (lot 267) in May 2013 for CHF 14,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 138 (lot 810) in May 2023 for CHF 13,000; weight 6.00 g [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 454 (lot 410) in October 2019 for USD 5,500; weight 5.27 g; diameter 19 mm; rev. legend break C-ON-S-E [click for picture]; - sold on Nomos Obolos webauction 9 (lot 432) in March 2018 for CHF 3,800; weight 5.69 g; diameter 19.5 mm; sold on CNG eAuction 516 (lot 533) in May 2022 for USD 3,500; rev. legend breaks V-ICONS-E-R [click for picture]. - from Santamaria 1951 (Ex nummis historia IV) (lot 514); weight 5.52 g [click for picture]. - from Glendining November 1925 auction (lot 167); rev. legend breaks V-ICONS-E-R [click for picture].