RIC VI, TICINUM 43a/45a, DIOCLETIAN, HYBRID

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur. (smaller portrait-head) [TICINUM 43a].
REVERSE	SACRAMONETAVGGETCAESSNOSTR [SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR]; Moneta stg. l., r. holding scales, l, cornucopiae. PT• in exergue [TICINUM 45a].
NOT IN RIC	HYBRID. Obverse TICINUM 43a (with smaller portrait-head) with reverse TICINUM 45a [or 45b-46b] (with unbroken rev. legend) (p. 286). Listed in: Bastien, P., "Trouvaille de folles au Liban (294-307)", Revue Numismatique 1967, p. 198, no. 135. Attribution given after Bastien. Note, however, that the difference between "smaller portrait-head" and "larger portrait-head" is not clear. Furthermore, the present author believes that generally the size of head on obv. does not correspond exactly to the legend on rev: broken or unbroken.

NOTES

Weight 10.02 g. From Bastien's paper (plate XXXII, no. 135). Other specimens: - Rauceby Hoard; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 33 (lot 2804) in March 2025 for CHF 350; weight 10.73 g; diameter 30 mm [click for picture].