RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 76105)

 

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Coin type
Volume X
Number — (unassigned; ID 76105)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Diocletian
Person (obv.) Diocletian (Augustus)
Issue Diocletian Year 11 = Maximian Year 10 = Constantius and Galerius Year 3
Dating AD 294/5
Obverse inscription ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Diocletian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription L ΙΑ
Reverse design Emperor on horseback right holding spear in left and raising right
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)
Note Confirmation required, as the regnal year is not entirely clear, and year 12 is possible. On the other hand the same type, riding l., is found for year 11.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    ✸ NY: 1935.117.1029
    NY: 1973.56.1175 year 11
    A: 7081β
    DS 10628 = Naville Numismatics 78, 11 Dec. 2022, lot 210 (year 11)
    Emporium Hamburg 68, 15 Nov. 2012, lot 552 (year 10)
    H. Williams coll.
    Leu EA 25, 11 Mar. 2023, lot 1651 (year 10)