RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 36a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; 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 liquor may or may not flow, r. cornucopiae. Wreath over S in left field and B over P in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists officinae A, Γ and Δ (p. 666). See also note from p. 651: "A now rare issue, which was presumably of very limited size. Only officinae A, Γ (very rare) and Δ have been evidenced or recorded, but conceivably Є may exist. The formula S P continues: the wreath alludes to the vicennalia of the Augusti. Date, c. 303-4".

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Weight 9.24 g; diameter 25-26 mm. Coin sold on eBay in July 2011 for USD 82.62. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in May 2004 for USD 66.65 (note dot in wreath) [click for picture]; - from Savoca Numismatik Live Online Auction 13 (lot 509), March 2017; sold on eBay in June 2017 for EUR 35.06; weight 9.84 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture].