RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 75972)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 75972)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Diocletian
Person (obv.) Diocletian (Augustus)
Issue Diocletian Year 3 = Maximian Year 2
Dating AD 286/7
Obverse inscription Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γάϊος Οὐαλέριος Διοκλητιανὸς Σεβαστός 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 ΕΤΟΥϹ Γ
Edition ἔτους γʹ ἔτους γʹ
Translation of year 3
Reverse design Sarapis standing left, raising right arm and holding sceptre; to left or right, star
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.72 g
Axis 11, 12
Specimens 14 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1839,0130.27.X BMC 2528
    ✸ NY: 1935.117.1004
    NY: 1974.26.4763
    NY: 1944.100.68194
    NY: 1944.100.68193
    NY: 1974.26.4764
    O: HCR32395 M 4844
    V: GR 25869
    A: 789/1291
    Cologne Geissen 3229
    Osnabrück Savio 2272
   
    D 5745
    D 5746 = Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017, lot 264