RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 36a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA Β

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F 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. Wreath with dot over S in left field and Β over P in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - Β. RIC lists for this type officinae Α, Γ and Δ (p. 666). See also note on p. 651 about whole issue with wreath over S in left field and officina mark over P in right field: "A now rare issue, which was presumably of very limited size. Only officinae Α, Γ (very rare) and Δ have been evidenced or recorded, but conceivably Є may exist. The formula S P continues: the wreath alludes to the vicennalia of the Augusti. Date, c. 303-4".

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Weight 9.24 g; diameter 25-26 mm. Coin sold on eBay in July 2011 for $82.62. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in May 2004 for $66.65 (note dot in wreath) [click for picture].