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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 41, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICO-NSOAES [IOVI CONS OAES (sic!)]; Jupiter stg. l., r. holding small Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. S in left field and B over P in right field. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 41 except for OAES in rev. legend instead of CAES. Apparently an engraver's error.

See also:
ALEXANDRIA 41, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

NOTES

Weight 9.67 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on Leu Numismatik auction 4 (lot 732) in May 2019 for CHF 370.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski