RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75894)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75894)
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 eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.76 g
Axis 10, 12
Specimens 13 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1950,1006.184 BMC 3488
    Cop SNG 974
    NY: 1974.26.4749
    NY: 1944.100.68144
    O: HCR32328 M 4760
    O: HCR32329 M 4761
    V: GR 25841
    A: 4782 Demetrio 3367
    Trier: 137
    D 5791 = Naville Numismatics 77, 13 Nov. 2022, lot 311
    ✸ J. Aiello coll.
    J. Aiello coll.
    J. Aiello coll.