RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 26a, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?)

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur. (divergent wreath-ties).
REVERSE	GENIOPOV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?). Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 26a (BM B.6184, 10.59 g, 26 mm) except for absence of officina letter. Probably an engraver's error or clogged die. Apparently this coin attested in footnote 2 on p. 664: "Coin at Vienna without officina mark". 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 26b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?) ALEXANDRIA 15a, CONSTANTIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?) ALEXANDRIA 27b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?)

NOTES

Weight 9.56 g; diameter 25 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 55482).