RIC VI, ROMA [before 79], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [C]

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., rad., dr., with or without cuir. [C].
REVERSE	VOT/XX in two lines with officina letter A in wreath.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - C. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 359). Coin should be listed before ROMA 79.

NOTES

Fraction. Weight 3.21 g; diameter 19.1-20.2 mm. From Tomasz Speier's collection. This very specimen is cited and illustrated in: Sylviane Estiot, Bernard Rémy, Jean-Claude Michel Richard, "Un fragment de trésor monétaire d'époque romaine (seconde moitié du IIIe siècle ap. J.-C.) provenant de Saint-Vincent-de-Mercuze (Isère), ancienne collection Hippolyte Müller", Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise 2001, vol. 34, p. 180, no. 31 and Fig. 1, no. 31 on p. 172. Officina letter read as "H", but "A" is confirmed by the owner.