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RIC VI, CARTHAGO 76, DOMITIUS ALEXANDER, UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

ROMAETER-NAEAVGN [ROM (sic!) AETERNAE AVG N]; Roma seated l. on throne with no high back behind, r. holding out globe, l. leaning on spear. P•K in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE LEGEND. Specimen similar to CARTHAGO 76 except for ROM AETERNAE... in rev. legend instead of ROMAE AETERNAE... Could be a new variety of rev. legend but more probably an engraver's error. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 435 and CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 435.

NOTES

Weight 4.01 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 78 (lot 1150) in May 2014 for CHF 3,250; sold on CNG auction 118 (lot 1164) in September 2021 for USD 7,500.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski