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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 30a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSFPAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS F P (sic!) AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera from liquor may or may not flow, r. cornucopiae. XXI in left field, B in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 30a except for ...F P AVG in obv. legend instead of ...P F AVG. Apparently an engraver's error.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 30a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 9.08 g; diameter 25-27 mm. Coin sold on Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 174, session 1 (lot 494) in September 2015 for EUR 72; sold on Kölner Münzkabinett auction 111 (lot 322) in May 2019 for EUR 130.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski