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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 17b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

GALVALMAXIMIANVSNOBCAVS [GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAVS (sic!)]; 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. Star in left field, B in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 17b except for CAVS in obv. legend instead of CAES. Apparently an engraver's error.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 17a, CONSTANTIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 10.68 g; diameter 26-27 mm. From CoinTalk; posted by seth77.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski