RIC VI, ROMA [before 1], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [ADVENTVS AVGVSTORVM]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETIANV-SAVGVSTVS [DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	IOVIC-ONSER-VATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Diocletian and Maximianus Herculius on horseback facing each other, both has r. hand raised, l. holding sceptre.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Coin apparently minted before the Reform for celebration of meeting between Diocletian and Maximianus Herculius in Mediolanum in December 290 or January 291. Known for Cohen (vol 5, p.415-416, no. 9; cited after Tanini) but omitted in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. See: Niccolò Daviddi, "The Rediscovery of the Adventus Augustorum Aureus of Diocletian", Numismatic Chronicle 2019, pp. 257-260. Coin could be listed before ROMA 1.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 6.61 g; diameter 19 mm. The collection of National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Inv. Migliarini 6709). From Firenze XIII (p. 11, no. 1).