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RIC VI, TREVERI 75, DIOCLETIAN, Æ TRIAL PIECE OR IMITATION

  

OBVERSE

DIOCL[E]TI-ANVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

PRIMI/XX/IOVI AVG/COS VIII/PTR in five lines in wreath.

NOT IN RIC

Æ TRIAL PIECE OR IMITATION. This specimen could be a Æ trial piece of AV TREVERI 75 (aureus). However, it could be also an unplated core of an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.26 g; diameter 18 mm. Ex Dieter Alten. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 2 (lot 694) in November 2013 for GBP 120.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski