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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCETANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCETANVS (sic!) P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera from liquor usually (but not invariably) flows. XX in left field, Є over I in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 32a except for DIOCETANVS in obv. legend. Apparently an engraver's error.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
ALEXANDRIA 32a, DIOCLETIAN, LEGENDS VARIETIES, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 11.14 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 112 (lot 1141) in September 2023 for GBP 70 [Thanks to the collaboration of Paweł Zawora].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski