6-736

RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 4], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED MINTMARK

   

OBVERSE

DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICO-N-SERAVςς [IOVI CONSER AVςς]; Jupiter stg. l., r. holding thunderbolt, l. sceptre; eagle at feet to l. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED MINTMARK. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 4 (BM, R1874,0715.113; 5.30 g) except for absence of star in right field. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 660.

Listed in Depeyrot (p. 148, no. 2/1). Coin should be listed in RIC after ALEXANDRIA 4.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.27 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 185 (lot 275) in March 2010 for EUR 8,000.

Other specimens:

- sold on Nomos obolos 28 (lot 689) in July 2023 for CHF 3,200; weight 5.33 g; diameter 18 mm; obv. legend break T-I [click for picture];

- from Bank Leu auction 54 (lot 325), October 1991; weight 5.33 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski