Diocletian - Ric VI Lugdunum 14A

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by maridvnvm, Aug 28, 2026 at 6:01 AM.

  1. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    These coins have a similar style to the early issues of Lugdunum but are unmarked. At some point these coins have been assigned to either London or Rome. RIC assigned them to Lugdunum. Bastien separated these out from the Lugdunum issue and allocated them to an Uncertain continental mint thought to be operating around the time of the British invasion. More recently this has been proposed as being possibly at Boulogne.

    For some reason Victor's interesting post is now missing from the thread. When he posted that I was aware that I had the following coin en-route.

    Diocletian AE Follis
    Obv:- IMP C DIOCLETIANUS P F AVG, Laureate, bust right
    Rev:- GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, left hand holding cornucopiae and right hand holding patera
    Minted in Lugdunum (None). c. A.D. 296
    Reference:- RIC VI Lugdunum 14a. Bastien XI Annex AN6

    Uncertain continental mint (Boulogne?) operating around the time of the British invasion

    RI_141de_imga.jpg

    I haven't seen too many with this level of detail and silvering.
     

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