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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 87a, DIOCLETIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

DNDIOCLETIANOFELICISSM [D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISSM (sic!)]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 672).

REVERSE

PROVIDENTIAD-EORVM [PROVIDENTIA DEORVM]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., holding branch, l. leaning on sceptre. B in middle field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. FELICISSM in obv. legend instead of FELICISSIM. Possibly an engraver's error. Note, however, that for this type many variants of obv. legend are attested and it is sometimes hard to differentiate an intended variety from an error.

NOTES

Ex Dattari. Sold on Vico Subasta On-Line 3 (lot 192) in September 2017 for EUR 65.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski