6-3110

RIC VI, SISCIA 6, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVIC-ONS-ERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre.

NOT IN RIC

[CORRECTION]. Specimen from Vienna cited in RIC has rev. legend breaks C-ONS-E as shown in Depeyrot (plate 15, no. 3/5). RIC gives in error S-E (probably a typo). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, pp. 455-456.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.27 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Nomos auction 19 (lot 343) in November 2019 for CHF 8,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 125 (lot 542) in June 2021 for EUR 9,000; sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 13 (lot 84) in November 2021 for CHF 9,500; sold on Künker auction 419 (lot 542) in March 2025 for EUR 9,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski