RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA 27b, GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?)

OBVERSE	GALVALMAXIMIANVSNOBCAES [GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES]; 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 OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?). Specimen similar to ALEXANDRIA 27b except for absence of officina letter. Probably an engraver's error or clogged die. But see also: Georges Gautier, Jay Dharmadhikari, "Une nouvelle série complète de nummi inédite pour Alexandrie ?", BSFN 2021, no. 1, p. 11-15 (these four coins analyzed). See also: ALEXANDRIA 26a, DIOCLETIAN, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?) ALEXANDRIA 26b, MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?) ALEXANDRIA 15a, CONSTANTIUS, ENGRAVER'S ERROR OR UNLISTED ISSUE (?)

NOTES

Ex Dattari. Coin sold on Vico auction 147 (lot 331) in March 2017 for EUR 575.