19 Diocletian: Alexandria abdication follis.

Follis, ca late 308 AD, Alexandria mint.
Obverse: DN DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS / Laureate bust of Diocletian, wearing the imperial mantle, olive branch in right hand, mappa in left hand.
Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG / Providentia standing, extending hand to Quies, also standing, holding branch and leaning on sceptre. X K between, with B above.
Mint mark: ALE
6.61 gm, 24.5 mm.
RIC #80; Sear #12921; PBCC #1178.

RIC #80 (VI, p. 675) is listed as having a single S at the end of the obverse legend. THis is a known error in RIC. The obverse legend should have a double S at the end -- as on this coin.

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