RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 15a, CONSTANTIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?)

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur. ('curved parallel' wreath-ties).
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	ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?). Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 15a (ANS 1944.100.1204, 9.74 g, 26 mm) except for absence of officina letter. Probably an engraver's error or clogged die. But see also: Georges Gautier, Jay Dharmadhikari, "Une nouvelle série complète de nummi inédite pour Alexandrie ?", BSFN 2021, no. 1, p. 11-15 (these four coins analyzed). See also: ALEXANDRIA 26a, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?) ALEXANDRIA 26b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?) ALEXANDRIA 27b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?)

NOTES

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