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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 4, DIOCLETIAN, MINTMARK VARIETY

   

OBVERSE

DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICO-N-SERAVςς [IOVI CONSER AVςς]; Jupiter stg. r. (or facing), head l., r. holding thunderbolt, l. sceptre; eagle at feet to l. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 4 except for the absence of star in right field. Note that there is an error in description in RIC: eagle has no wreath in beak (cf. picture 4 on plate 16).

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.27 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in March 2010 for EUR 8,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski