6-2794

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

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., scpetre over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H var.].

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [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 - H var. Not attested for obv. legend 1c (p. 249). Similar to bust type H except for trace of cuirass on neck. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 129, no. 134α; bust F*6 described as cuirassed or cuirassed and draped). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 248; BUSTS D, E, H and J. Coin should be listed in RIC after LUGDUNUM 80.

NOTES

Weight 10.10 g. From Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXIII, no. 134α).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski