RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 76040)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 76040)
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 Sarapis standing right, raising right arm and holding sceptre; to left, palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.52 g
Axis 12
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
    NY: 1974.26.4813
    NY: 1944.100.68273
    ✸ Gemini XIII, 6 Apr. 2017, lot 440
    Kölner Münzkabinett 122, 4 Oct. 2024, lot 947
    Naville Numismatics 88, 7 Apr. 2024, lot 297 = D 5749, pl. 284