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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 33b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

GALVALMAXIMIANVSNOBCAEC [GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAEC (sic!)]; 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 usually (but not invariably) flows. XX in left field, A over I in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 33b (BM B.6237, 9.53 g, 25 mm) except for CAEC in obv. legend instead of CAES. Apparently an engraver's error.

NOTES

Weight 10.88 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 21 (lot 5268) in July 2022 for CHF 30.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in November 2007 for USD 80 [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski