RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75888)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75888)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Diocletian
Person (obv.) Diocletian (Augustus)
Issue Year 1
Dating AD 284/5
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐαλ(έριος) Διοκλητιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Diocletian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.54 g
Axis 10, 11, 12
Specimens 49 (19 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L BMC 2499
    L: 1921,0506.1 BMC 3473
    P: 3738
    C McClean 9922
    Cop SNG 968
    G SNG 4846
    G SNG 4847
    NY: 1974.26.4742
    NY: 1974.26.4743
    NY: 1948.19.2109
    NY: 1924.69.48
    NY: 1935.117.995
    NY: 1944.100.68127
    NY: 1944.100.68129
    NY: 1944.100.68128
    O: HCR32317 M 4750
    O: HCR32318 M 4751
    V: GR 25826
    V: GR 25827
    A: 7051
    A: 4777 Demetrio 3360
    Bern Kapossy, Alex 361
    Bern Kapossy, Alex 362
    Bern Kapossy, Alex 363
    Cologne Geissen 3202
    Cologne Geissen 3203
    Milan SNG 2142
    Milan SNG 2143
    Milan SNG 2144
    Osnabrück Savio 2248
    Osnabrück Savio 2249
    Osnabrück Savio 2250
    Trier: 124
    Trier: 128
    Trier: 129
    Trier: 127
    Trier: 121
    Trier: 125
    Trier: 130
    Trier: 131
    Trier: 126
    Trier: 122
    Trier: 123
    CGT coll.
    D 5669
    J. Aiello coll.
    J. Aiello coll.
    ✸ Naville Numismatics 29, 26 Feb. 2017, lot 347
    Naville Numismatics 86, 17 Dec. 2023, lot 359 ex Dattari