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REVERSE
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BONOGENIOPII-IMPERATORIS [BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Crescent over K in left field and A over P in right field. ALE in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists this issue only for Maximinus as Augustus (p. 682). The specimen shown here suggests that Bono genio... type was introduced before Galerius' death (see p. 680). Note, however, that it is in fact a modern forgery.
See example of RIC VI ALEXANDRIA 100a from the same obverse die
- eBay (posted on FAC by Din X).
See also three examples of RIC VI ALEXANDRIA 135b from the same reverse die:
- Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (no. BA-0594, 5.287 g, 23.24 mm);
- CNG (eAuction 352, lot 522, 9.77 g, 25 mm)
- Berk (218th Buy or Bid Sale, lot 246, 8.45 g, 25 mm).
Authenticity of these coins is very doubtful and probably they are also fakes.
See also:
ANTIOCHIA [after 54a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]
ANTIOCHIA [after 59b], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [VICTORIA ROMANORVM] [FORGERY]
ALEXANDRIA [after 32a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]
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