RIC VI Alexandria 15b
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 294
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Alexandria (ancient mint)
AE1 in bronze struck at Alexandria under Diocletian, AD 294, catalogued as RIC VI Alexandria 15b. Obverse: Head of Galerius, laureate, right; ties curved, parallel. Reverse: Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- AE1
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Alexandria
- Issuing authority
- Diocletian
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Galerius, laureate, right; ties curved, parallel
- Reverse type
- Genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from patera in right hand and holding cornucopiae in left hand
- Obverse legend
- GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
- Reverse legend
- GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI or GENIO POPVL-I ROMANI
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.alex.15b
- Catalogue reference
- RIC VI Alexandria 15b
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.6.alex.15b
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet