RIC VI, TICINUM 56a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR

OBVERSE	DNDIOCLETIANOBAEATISSIMOSENAVG [D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa.
REVERSE	PROVIDENTIADEORVMQVIESAVGG [PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., r. holding branch downward, l. leaning on sceptre. PT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR. Specimen similar to TICINUM 56a except for absence of dot in right field. Variety attested for all types of obverses but note that all known specimens are from officina P only. It can be a small unlisted issue or error in mint instructions which was quickly corrected. Also, clogged die cannot be excluded. See also: TICINUM 56b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR TICINUM 57a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR TICINUM 57b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE OR MINT ERROR

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Weight 8.67 g; diameter 28 mm. Ex Nomos Obolos webauction 2 (lot 467), June 2015; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 1 (lot 1306) in June 2017 for CHF 50.