6-388

RIC VI, TREVERI [before 137a], DIOCLETIAN & CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS EXERCIT IMPER ROMANI]

  

OBVERSE

DIOCLETIANVSAVGETCONSTANTIVSNOBC [DIOCLETIANVS AVG ET CONSTANTIVS NOB C]; confronted busts, rad., cuir., facing one another.

REVERSE

VIRTVSEXE-RCITIMPERROMANI [VIRTVS EXERCIT IMPER ROMANI]; Mars advancing r., r. dragging captive, trophy over l. shoulder, shield on l. arm. PTR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list either bronze medallion of this type or such rev legend. Coin should be listed before TREVERI 137a i.e. at the beginning of the AES part of Group I (p. 179).

NOTES

Æ medallion. Weight 15.27 g; diameter 32 mm. Sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 100 (lot 458) in November 2000 for DEM 23,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski