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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 72, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, ENGRAVER'S ERROR
  
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OBVERSE
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IMPCGAVLVLMAXIMIANVSPFAVG [IMP C GAVL (sic!) VL (sic!) MAXIMIANVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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GENIOIMP-E-RATORIS [GENIO IMPERATORIS]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor may flow), l. cornucopiae. P in left field, A over R in right field. ALE in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 72 (BM B.6331, 6.01 g) except for obv. legend with ...GAVL VL... instead of GAL VAL. Apparently an engraver's error. See also footnote 5 on p. 674: "Vienna has two off. A coins (of different dies) with C GAVL VL, &c". However, now three different dies are recorded.
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NOTES
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Weight 7.07 g; diameter 25 mm. the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 55885).
Other specimens:
- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1944.100.1452); weight 7.05 g; diameter 25 mm; rev. legend break E-R [click for picture];
- sold on Rex Numismatics budget auction 6 (lot 716) in March 2024 for EUR 108; weight 6.93 g; diameter 23.66 mm; rev. legend break E-R [click for picture].
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