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Diocletian from Ticinum
« on: September 21, 2021, 01:06:22 pm »
Hello Friends,

My students are working on Roman coin attributions and we've found a variety not on Wildwinds or OCRE.  I don't have RIC but I'm wondering if someone can consult it, or let us know if the coin is published somewhere--it would be really cool if this mintmark was unrecorded.

OBV: IMP CC VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
REV: HERCVLI CONSERVAT

MINTMARK: QX  IT (we find only QXXIT)

I thought perhaps the die was clogged at the second X but it appears to be blank or perhaps a faint dot.

Cf. RIC 212-217.


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Re: Diocletian from Ticinum
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2021, 01:08:47 pm »
A better shot of the reverse:


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Re: Diocletian from Ticinum
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2021, 02:42:29 pm »
RIC V/2 212 QXXIT in exergue (the outline of the second X is still visible)
obverse legend 1
bust type F
fourth officina (all six officinae listed)
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Re: Diocletian from Ticinum
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2021, 02:45:14 pm »
I also think that a clogged die is the most probable explanation. On my computer it looks like a faint X.

http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.dio.212

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Re: Diocletian from Ticinum
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2021, 02:49:34 pm »
Thank you--at first I thought perhaps a dot but now I too think I see the outlines of the second, clogged X.

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Re: Diocletian from Ticinum
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2021, 05:56:35 pm »
Bad news - not an unlisted coin.

Good news - time to learn about clogged dies!

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