RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 80], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D var.]

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., r. arm raised [D var.].
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar in left field, A in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D var. Not attested for obv. legend 1c (p. 249). Similar to bust type D except for trace of cuirass on neck. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 175, no. 136; bust type J* described as draped and cuirassed). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 248; BUSTS D, E, H and J. Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 80.

NOTES

Weight 10.05 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction VII (lot 1240) in March 2014 for GBP 2,200. Other specimens: - sold on CGB Live Auction September 2022 (lot 760055) for EUR 870; weight 7.50 g; diameter 27.5 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XIV, no. 136); weight 7.10 g [click for picture].