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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 27b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR (?)

  

OBVERSE

GALVALMAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; 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 (?). Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 27b except for absence of officina letter. Possibly an engraver's error. But note also footnote to ALEXANDRIA 26a: "Coin at Vienna without officina mark" (p. 664).

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 26b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR (?)

NOTES

Ex Dattari. Coin sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 331) in March 2017 for EUR 575.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski