6-863

RIC VI, ROMA, DIOCLETIAN & MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [MONETA IOVI ET HERCVLI AVGG]

  

OBVERSE

DIOCLETIANVSETMAXIMIANVSAVGG [DIOCLETIANVS ET MAXIMIANVS AVGG]; busts of Diocletian and Maximian facing, laur., wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre.

REVERSE

MONETA-IOVIETHERCVLI-AVGG [MONETA IOVI ET HERCVLI AVGG]; Moneta stg facing, looking l., r. holding balance, l. cornucopiae; at left, Jupiter stg. l., looking r., r. holding sceptre; at right, Hercules stg. r., looking l., r. leaning on club, lion’s skin over left shoulder.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Æ medallion not listed in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. Probably belongs to the pre-reform coinage. Listed in Gnecchi II (p. 127, no. 5).

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 29.88 g; diameter 36.5 mm. Plate coin in Gnecchi II (plate 126, no. 2). From the Bibliothèque nationale de France (IFN-11353230).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski