6-1603

RIC VI, TREVERI [after 312], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [S]

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSA-VG [IMP DICOLETIANVS AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., r. holding spear, l. shield [S].

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. A in left field, star in right field. TR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - S. Not attested for obv. legend 1j (p. 187-188). Coin should be listed after TREVERI 312.

NOTES

Weight 9.31 g; diameter 26.5 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.1283). Shown in Fresnoy-lès-Roye II Hoard (plate VII, no. 152).

Other specimens:

- sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 289 (lot 903) in October 2022 for EUR 750; weight 9.28 g [click for picture];

- from the collection of Brutus; weight 8.90 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski