RIC VI, SISCIA [after 73], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA AVGG]

OBVERSE	DIOCLET-IANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VICTOR-IAAVGG [VICTORIA AVGG]; four-turreted camp-gate, open, without doors; two dots above entrance. SIS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Issue similar to SISCIA 72-73 except for camp-gate without doors instead of camp-gate with doors thrown back. Note also two dots above entrance. Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 439, no. 189). Coin should be listed in RIC after SISCIA 73.

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Argenteus. Weight 3.23 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 114 (lot 747) in May 2003 for EUR 525; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 2 (lot 823) in December 2017 for CHF 600. Shown in Gautier Argent (294-312) (plate 51, no. 189a). Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 41 (lot 990) in December 2017 for GBP 260; weight 3.36 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].