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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-L-IROROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROROMANI (sic!)]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera from liquor usually (but not invariably) flows. XX in left field, A over I in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 32a except for ROROMANI in rev. legend instead of ROMANI. Probably an engraver's error.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, LEGENDS VARIETIES, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 10.20 g; diameter 25.74 mm. From Stroobants (no. 337 on p. 136 and 225).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski