RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75946)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75946)
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 ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐα(λέριος) 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
Translation of year 2
Reverse design eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.88 g
Axis 12
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1944.100.68181
    NY: 1980.109.420
    CGT coll.
    J. Aiello coll.
    J. Aiello coll.
    ✸ Naville Numismatics 34, 17 Sept. 2017, lot 329