RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 126, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	DNDIOCLETIANOBEATSENAVG [D N DIOCLETIANO BEAT SEN AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, bust of Jupiter on breast.
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 B ALEXANDRIA 125, DIOCLETIAN, [CORRECTION], OFFICINA Γ

NOTES

Weight 6.78 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.6440). Other specimens: - from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 55599); weight 7.24 g; diameter 25.3 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Künker eLive Auction 62 (lot 4506) in October 2020 for EUR 320 [lot of 3 coins]; weight 7.26 g [click for picture]; - from www.oudgeld.com (could be Sol on breast) [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1889,0604.54); weight 7.083 g [click for picture]; - sold on CGB E-auction 59 (lot 26965) in June 2014 for EUR 27; weight 7.22 g; diameter 25 mm [click for picture].