6-1997

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [after 83], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [M var.]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., r. holding forward-pointed spear, shield on l. arm [M var.].

REVERSE

GENIOPOPVLIROMANI [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 - M var.. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 83 (BM B.1055, 10.31 g; cited in RIC) except for bust cuirassed and draped. Coin should be listed after LUGDUNUM 83.

NOTES

Weight 8.38 g. From Magny-Cours Hoard (1, no. 415).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski