RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 76025)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 76025)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Diocletian
Person (obv.) Diocletian (Augustus)
Issue Diocletian Year 5 = Maximian Year 4
Dating AD 288/9
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 L Ε
Edition ἔτους εʹ (ἔτους) εʹ
Translation of year 5
Reverse design Athena (or Roma) seated left, holding Nike and spear
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.20 g
Axis 1, 12
Specimens 9 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    L: 1839,0130.30.X BMC 2486
    NY: 1944.100.68261
    NY: 1944.100.68260
    O: HCR32416 M 4894
    O: HCR32417 M 4895
    Milan SNG 2189
    ✸ D 5640 = Naville Numismatics 82, 18 June 2023, lot 404
    DS 5639 = Naville Numismatics 60, 27 Sept. 2020, lot 314 = Naville Numismatics 49, 12 May 2019, lot 294
    J. Aiello coll.