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

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 (obliterated but slightly visible), A 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 B ALEXANDRIA 125, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA Γ ALEXANDRIA 126, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION]

NOTES

Weight 5.07 g; diameter 24 mm. From VAuctions Lucernae Prima - Auction 349 (lot 445), June 2020. Other specimens: - sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 227) in March 2017 for EUR 220; ex Dattari [click for picture].