Tetradrachm - Diocletianus LI B; Eirene; Alexandria

Features

Issuer	Alexandria (Egypt)
Emperor	Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	12 (295)
Calendar	Rome - Diocletian era
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Billon
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 376498
References	Milne# 5204 Joseph Grafton Milne; 1933. A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom. , Dattari# 5689 Giovanni Dattari; 1901. Catalogo della collezione G. Dattari compilato dal proprietario / Volume Primo (Testo) = Catalog of the G. Dattari collection compiled by the owner. Instituto Francese d'Archeologia Orientale, Cairo, Egypt. , Emmett# 4046 Keith Emmett; 2001. Alexandrian coins. Clios Cabinet, Lodi, Wisconsin, United States. , Alex# 119 Ursula Kampmann, Thomas Ganschow; 2008. Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany.

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Obverse

Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Diocletian facing right.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔIOKΛHTIANOϹ ϹⲈB

Unabridged legend: Διοκλητιανός Cεβαστός.

Translation: Diocletian Sebastos.

Reverse

Goddess Pax (Eirene) standing left, holding sceptre and branch. Star in right field.

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering: LI B

Translation: Year 12

Edge

Plain

Mint

L	Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
12 (295 AD)												Regnal year 12 (IB)

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