RIC VI, ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETIA-NVSPFAVG [DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	IOVIFVL-GE-RAT-ORI [IOVI FVLGERATORI]; Jupiter advancing l., head r., cloak flying, r. holding thunderbolt, serpent-legged giant to right. PR in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Many types with m.m. PR are omitted in RIC V/2 and RIC VI. There is a very slight possibility that some of them were minted after Reform. Also, others were added here for comparison. Cf. RIC V/2 146 (different bust type and rev. legend: FVLGVRATORI, probably in error). Note that so far two different rev. legend breaks are attested: L-GE-RAT-O and V-LGERAT-O, which could make in RIC two separate entries (cf. TREVERI 802 and 807 or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Also, two different obv. legend breaks: I-A and A-N. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 81, no. 5A/1; obv. legend break A-N; rev. breaks L-GE-RAT-O). Coin could be listed in RIC before ROMA 5a. See also: ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI] ROMA [before 5a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [IOVI FVLGERATORI]

NOTES

Lighter aureus. Weight 5.42 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XIX (lot 919) in March 2020 for GBP 10,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction XXII (lot 857) in October 2021 for GBP 16,000. Other specimens: - from Bibliothèque nationale de France (IFN-11346209); weight 5.29 g; rev. legend breaks V-LGERAT-O [click for picture]; - sold on Ira & Larry Goldberg auction 72 (lot 4207) in February 2013 for USD 12,000; sold on Maison Palombo auction 12 (lot 87) in December 2013 for CHF 30,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 125 (lot 772) in June 2021 for CHF 11,000; weight 5.11 g [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1867,0101.869); weight 5.04 g; obv. legend break I-A; rev. legend breaks V-LGERAT-O [click for picture]; - from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18225835); weight 5.03 g; diameter 20mm; rev. legend breaks V-LGERAT-O [click for picture]; - from Leu Numismatik 93 (lot 116), May 2005; sold on CNG Triton X (lot 754) in January 2007 for USD 8,500; sold on Hermitage Fine Art auction NUMISMATICS (lot 102) in November 2019 for EUR 11,500; sold on MDC Monaco auction 6 (lot 146) in October 2020 for EUR 12,000; sold on Heritage Auctions auction 3094 (lot 33106) in August 2021 for USD 19,200; weight 5.64 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 71 (lot 268) in May 2013 for CHF 32,000; weight 5.69 g [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 24 (lot 233) in December 2002 for CHF 6,500; weight 5.02 g [click for picture].