RIC VI, SISCIA [after 94], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

OBVERSE	IMPDIOCLE-TIANVSAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	VIRTVS-AVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; Emperor galloping r., spearing fallen enemy.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Specimen probably belongs to the group of rare unmarked fractions from c. 293-295 (p. 355-357), or to the later group from c. 305 (p. 365-366). In both cases the reader should keep in mind that "the dating and even the attribution of these very rare coins is problematical" (footnote 2 on p. 356) and that all these fractions are "very badly documented" (p. 337). Listed in King (p. 423, no. 4). Coin should be listed after SISCIA 94. See also: SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG] SISCIA [after 94], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG]

NOTES

Æ fraction. Weight 2.24 g; diameter 16 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik auction 13 (lot 349) in May 2023 for CHF 1,800. Other specimens: - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 40 (lot 833) in May 2007 for CHF 960; 2.12 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from CNG Triton II (lot 1033), December 1998; 2.20 g; rev. legend breaks VI-RTV-SAVGG [click for picture].