RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75907)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75907)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Diocletian
Person (obv.) Diocletian (Augustus)
Issue Diocletian Year 2 = Maximian Year 1
Dating AD 285/6
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Οὐαλέριος Διοκλητιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 Β
Edition ἔτους βʹ (ἔτους) βʹ
Translation of year 2
Reverse design Athena (or Roma) seated left, holding Nike and spear; at feet, shield
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.49 g
Axis 12
Specimens 31 (12 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
— —     L: 1838,0210.312.X BMC 2485
— —     L: 1913,0207.4 BMC 3466
— —     P: 3742
— —     P: 3743
— —     NY: 1974.26.4751
— —     NY: 1944.100.68152
— —     NY: 1944.100.68149
— —     NY: 1935.117.999
— —     NY: 1944.100.68150
— —     NY: 1944.100.68151
— —     O: HCR32334 M 4765
— —     O: HCR32335 M 4766
— —     Bern Kapossy, Alex 367
— —     Cologne Geissen 3211
— —     Leeds-UL: 264
— —     Leeds-UL: 265
— —     Osnabrück Savio 2259
— —     Osnabrück Savio 2260
— —     Trier: 140
— —     Agora Auctions Numismatic 28, 10 Mar. 2015, lot 69
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CGT coll.
— —     CNG EA 580, 5 Feb. 2025, lot 389 = Naville Numismatics 55, 9 Feb. 2020, lot 376, ex Dattari
— —     DS 5638 = Naville Numismatics 66, 27 June 2021, lot 262
— —     Emporium Hamburg Alpha 8, 27 Mar. 2022, lot 193
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     J. Aiello coll.
— —     Künker eLive 38, 2 Dec. 2015, lot 175
— —     Naville Numismatics 42, 22 July 2018, lot 376
— —     Naville Numismatics 44, 4 Nov. 2018, lot 245
— —     ✸ Naville Numismatics 73, 8 May 2022, lot 331 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 262