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RIC VI, CARTHAGO 69, DOMITIUS ALEXANDER, [CONFIRMATION]

  

OBVERSE

IMPALEXANDERPFAVG [IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICONSE-R-VATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. l., naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding thunderbolt, l. leaning on sceptre. PK in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

[CONFIRMATION]. Footnote 2 on p. 434 reads as follows: "Break uknown: Maurice's reference to Brera coll. (no. 7237) has not been checked, and confirmation is needed". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 434.

NOTES

Weight 4.99 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51 (lot 423) in March 2009 for CHF 7,500; sold on CNG auction 94 (lot 1093) in Septeber 2013 for USD 4,250; sold on CNG auction 100 (lot 1956) in October 2015 for USD 3,900.

Other specimens:

- from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18234711); weight 4.65 g; diameter 23 mm; rev. legend unbroken [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski