RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 125, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	DNDIOCLETIANOBEATSENAVG [D N DIOCLETIANO BEAT SEN AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding branch, l. mappa.
REVERSE	PROVIDENTIADEORVM [PROVIDENTIA DEORVM]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., holding branch, l. leaning on sceptre. Crescent, B over KP in middle field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. RIC erroneously lists obv. legend 7b (BAEAT) instead of 7c (BEAT) (p. 680). Note also that the description of busts in RIC is slightly misleading. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 680. See also: ALEXANDRIA 125, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA A ALEXANDRIA 125, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA Γ ALEXANDRIA 126, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION]

NOTES

Weight 6.16 g; diameter 25-26 mm. From Beast Coins site. Other specimens: - sold on CNG eAuction 195 (lot 287) in September 2008 for USD 163; weight 6.37 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 229) in March 2017 for EUR 350; ex Dattari [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.6441); weight 6.966 g [click for picture].