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RIC VI, SISCIA [after 16], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1c]

  

OBVERSE

DIOCLET-IANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG] [1c]; 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 - 1c. 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. 4/8). Coin should be listed in RIC after SISCIA 16.

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

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.07 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on CNG auction 99 (lot 710) in May 2015 for USD 13,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski