RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [before 7a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED MINTMARK [no officina letter]

OBVERSE	DIOCLETI-ANVSAVG [DIOCLETIANVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PROVIDEN-TIAEAVGG [PROVIDENTAE AVGG]; the four princes sacrificing over tripod before archway in turreted enclousure. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. M.m. without officina letter is not attested for this type of rev. (but cf. ALEXANDRIA 13a). Note that portrait apparently shows the features of Domitius Domitianus (see footnote 1 on p. 661). Listed in Gautier Argent (294-312) (p. 574, no. 8) as a separate emission. See also: ALEXANDRIA 7a, DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OFFICINA A [left field]

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 3.02 g; diameter 18.12 mm Coin sold on CNG auction 67 (lot 1757) in September 2004 for USD 1,000; sold on Astarte web auction 4 (lot 254) in April 2024 for CHF 1,000. Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 13 (lot 484) in November 2014 for GBP 650; weight 2.67 g; duameter 18 mm; from the same dies [click for picture].