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

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVIFVLG-E-RAT-OR-I [IOVI FVLGERATORI]; Jupiter advancing r., cloak flying, r. holding thunderbolt, serpent-legged giant to right. 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. Cf. RIC V/2 146 (different bust type and rev. legend: FVLGVRATORI, probably in error). Note that so far three different rev. legend breaks are attested: G-E-RAT-OR-I, L-G-ERAT-O and L-G, which could make in RIC three separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 82, no. 6/8; rev. legend break L-G as shows relevant picture on plate 12; in description erroneously V-L). Coin could be listed in RIC before ROMA 5a. See also: ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI] ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 4.97 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 199 (lot 737) in October 2011 for EUR 14,000; sold on Künker auction 347 (lot 1229) in March 2021 for EUR 10,000. Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 23412); weight 5.37 g; diameter 18.7 mm; rev. legend break L-G [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 46 (lot 681) in April 2008 for CHF 15,000; sold on Künker auction 383 (lot 2122) in March 2023 for EUR 7,500; weight 5.34 g; rev. legend break L-G-ERAT-ORI [click for picture]; - sold on CNG Triton IX (lot 1588) in January 2006 for USD 8,000; weight 5.62 g[click for picture].