6-2458

RIC VI, SISCIA [after 16], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

  

OBVERSE

DIOCLETIA-NVSAVGVST [DIOCLETIANVS AVGVST]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVIV-ICTORI [IOVI VICTORI]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys hanging behind, r. holding Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. *SIS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists for this type obv. legend 1a - DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS. See SISCIA 16 cited in RIC (BM BNK,R.63, 5.0 g). Listed in Depeyrot (p. 97, no. 4/7). Coin should be listed in RIC after SISCIA 16.

See also:
SISCIA [after 16], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1c]

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.65 g. Coin sold on Bank Leu auction 28 (lot 558) in May 1981 for CHF 24,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski