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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [before 128], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST TYPE B (α)
 
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OBVERSE
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DNDIOCLETIANOBEATSENAVG [D N DIOCLETIANO BEAT SEN AVG] [7c]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, bust of Jupiter on breast [B, subtype α].
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REVERSE
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PROVIDENTIADEORVM [PROVIDENTIA DEORVM]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., holding branch, l. leaning on sceptre. Crescent, Β over KP in middle field. ALE in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists with this bust type [B (α)] obverse legend 7b which has BAEAT instead of BEAT [ALEXANDRIA 126] (p. 680). Coin should be listed before ALEXANDRIA 128. Note that the description of busts in RIC is misleading; see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 680.
See also:
ALEXANDRIA [after 125], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA B
ALEXANDRIA [after 125], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST TYPE B, OFFICINA Γ
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