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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 26b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR (?)

  

OBVERSE

IMPCMAMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur (divergent wreath-ties).

REVERSE

GENIOPOV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR (?). Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 26b except for absence of officina letter. Possibly an engraver's error. But note also footnote to ALEXANDRIA 26a: "Coin at Vienna without officina mark" (p. 664).

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 27b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR (?)

NOTES

Ex Dattari. Coin sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 262) in March 2017 for EUR 400.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski