RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 125a, DIOCLETIAN, BUST TYPE VARIETY [MM var.]

OBVERSE	IMPDIOCLETIANVS•AVG [IMP DIOCLETIANVS • AVG]; bust l., laur. helmet, cuir., sceptre over r. shoulder, studded shield on l. arm [MM 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	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 125a (BM B.1065, 6.57 g) with bust type MM except for laureate helmet. Note that for this issue RIC does not distinguish plain helmet from laureate helmet or radiate helmet. However, this difference is mentioned in footnotes (cf. footnotes 5, 6 and 12 on p. 250 or footnote 3 on p. 251). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 175, no. 139). Note that Bastien lists under this number only LUGDUNUM 125a, officina A; all specimens (3 ex.) with laureate helmet and with dot in obv. legend. Officina B is listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) separately (p. 182, no. 186); all atested specimens with plain helmet, no dot in obv. legend.

NOTES

Weight 8.74 g; diameter 27 mm. From the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.272). Other specimens: - from Gorny & Mosch auction 215 (lot 443), October 2013; weight 9.03 g [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.1052); weight 9.51 g [click for picture]; - sold on Heritage Auctions auction 61151 (lot 97478) in January 2020 for USD 264; weight 9.03 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]. - from CNG auction 46 (lot 1390), June 1998; weight 9.72 g [click for picture].