RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 42], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST C, OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	IMPCCVALDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG [IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG]; head l., laur.
REVERSE	IOVICO-NSCAES [IOVI CONS CAES]; Jupiter stg. l., r. holding small Victory on globe, l. leaning on sceptre. S in left field and Γ over P in right field. ALE in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND - IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG. RIC lists for this type only legend IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG (p. 666). Footnote 7 on p. 666: "Voetter (see also Gerin Cat., Diocl., nos. 16-17) recorded the obv. Imp C C Val Diocletianus P F Aug (head r. and l.) with this rev.: too doubtful to be included here". Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 42. See also: ALEXANDRIA [after 42], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST A, OFFICINA Α ALEXANDRIA [after 42], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST A, OFFICINA Γ ALEXANDRIA [after 42], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST A, OFFICINA Δ

NOTES

Weight 8.95 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction for $268; sold again in June 2010 for $180. Other specimens: - specimen sold on Classical Numismatic Group auction in December 2012 for $280; note that Jupiter's chlamys is hanging behind; weight 7.89 g; diameter 30 mm [click for picture]; - specimen offered on eBay in October 1999 for $600; Jupiter's chlamys probably hanging behind [click for picture].