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Offline Victor

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Diocletian GENIO from Alexandria with unusual engraving
« on: October 23, 2023, 01:31:46 PM »
Unusual line at bottom of neck… awkward depiction of neck muscle...the tie resting on neck is a little off also.


Diocletian
A.D. 301
Ӕ follis   27mm     8.7g
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; laureate head right.
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; Genius standing left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder & modius on head, right holding patera, left cornucopiae; XX-I across fields, Γ in right.
In ex. ALE
RIC VI Alexandria 32a


the second pic below is for a comparison with the normal neck

Offline Lech Stępniewski

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Re: Diocletian GENIO from Alexandria with unusual engraving
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2023, 03:19:49 PM »
Maybe something happened with obverse die?