6-447

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 23a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

 

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., 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.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists obv. legend IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG only for earlier issues: LONDINIUM 1a (with m.m. LON) and LONDINIUM 6a and 7 (with small head on tall neck). Coin should be listed before LONDINIUM 23a.

NOTES

Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in February 2009 for $627 [lot of 7 coins].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski