RIC VI, LONDINIUM [before 7], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

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 BUST TYPE. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 124). RIC lists only similar type seen from rear (bust type C). Listed in Cloke-Toone (1.03.002). Should be listed in RIC before LONDINIUM 7.

NOTES

Diameter 27.5 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. Style described in Cloke-Toone Supplement 1 as 'Allectan'. Ex Spink auction 8006 (lot 1174), March 2008. Sold on CNG eAuction 204 (lot 295) in February 2009 for USD 570 [lot of 7 coins]. Other specimens: - from Magny-Cours Hoard (1, no. 9); weight 13.03 g [click for picture]. - from the Yorkshire Museum (Wold Newton hoard no. 11). Listed in Cloke-Toone Supplement 1 (style described as 'continental') [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.8); Rauceby hoard; weight 9.73 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture].