6-2786

RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 15a, CONSTANTIUS, MINTMARK VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; 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 which liquor flows), r. cornucopiae. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 15a (ANS 1944.100.1204, 9.74 g, 26 mm) except for absence of officina letter in r. field. Apparently an engraver's error or clogged die.

NOTES

Weight 9.81 g; diameter 24.81 mm. From Stroobants (no. 11 on p. 128 and 224).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski