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RIC VI, TREVERI [before 163], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED MINTMARK AND REVERSE TYPE [IRREGULAR COIN]
  
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OBVERSE
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IMPDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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GENIOPO-PVLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar in l. field. TR in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED MINTMARK AND REVERSE TYPE. Mintmark not attested in RIC. Rev. similar to popular type minted in Lugdunum, with altar to. l. (cf. for example LUGDUNUM 108a) but also not attested for Treveri. Apparently an ancient imitation.
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NOTES
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Weight 10.80 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 10 (lot 1497) in December 2019 for CHF 120.
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