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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 80], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND

  

OBVERSE

DNDIOCLETIANOBAEATISS [D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa.

REVERSE

PROVIDENTNNDEORVM [PROVIDENT NN DEORVM]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., holding branch, l. leaning on sceptre. Γ over XK in middle field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 80 except for PROVIDENT NN... in rev. legend instead of PROVIDENTIA... Note also that there is an error in RIC with obv. legend: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 675. Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 80.

NOTES

Weight 5.93 g; diameter 24-25 mm. From VAuctions sale 213 (lot 85), October 2008.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski