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RIC VI, TREVERI 278a, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to TREVERI 278a except for retrograde officina letter. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 10.42 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 10, part 2 (lot 1504) in December 2019 for CHF 120.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski