RIC VI, SERDICA [before 11a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA A

OBVERSE	DNDIOCLET-IANOBSAVG [D N DIOCLETIANO B S AVG]; bust r., laur., in imperial mantle, r. holding olive branch, l. mappa.
REVERSE	PROVID•DEORVMQVIESAVGG [PROVID • DEORVM QVIES AVGG]; Providentia stg. r., extending r. hand to Quies stg. l., r. holding up branch, l. leaning on sceptre. S in left field, F in right field. A in middle field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar issue in gold [SERDICA 10a-10b, with slightly different mintmark]. Listed in Gautier - Serdica (p. 107, no. 16). Note that officina letter is uncertain; could be distorted Δ. Should be listed in RIC before SERDICA 11a. See also: SERDICA [before 11a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG], OFFICINA Δ SERDICA [before 11a], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PROVID DEORVM QVIES AVGG]

NOTES

Argenteus. Weight 2.41 g; diameter 19 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18225746).