6-2176

RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [before 4], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK

   

OBVERSE

DI-OCLETIAN-VSAVGVSTVS [DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICO-N-SERAVςς [IOVI CONSER AVςς]; Jupiter stg. l., r. holding thunderbolt, l. sceptre; eagle at feet to l. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK. Specimen quite similar to ALEXANDRIA 4 (BM, R1874,0715.113; 5.30 g) but obv. legend DIOCLETIANVS AVGVSTVS is not attested in RIC for Alexandria. Also m.m. is not attested for this issue. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 660.

Not listed in Depeyrot. Coin should be listed in RIC before ALEXANDRIA 4.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 4.67 g. Coin sold on Niemczyk auction 23e (lot 9) in December 2019 for PLN 3,600.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski