Tetradrachm - Diocletianus L S; Eirene
Features
| Issuer |
Alexandria
(Egypt)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) (284-305)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 285-286 |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Potin |
| Weight | 6.94 g |
| Diameter | 17 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 535240 |
| References | RPC Online X# 76065 British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press. |
Obverse
Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Script: Greek
Lettering: A K Γ OΥAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB
Unabridged legend: Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Γ(άϊος) Οὐαλ(έριος) Διοκλητιανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation: Emperor Caesar Gaius Valerius Diocletianus, Venerable
Reverse
Eirene standing left, holding sceptre and branch; L S (date) across field.
Scripts: Greek, Latin
Lettering: L Ϛ
Unabridged legend: ἔτους ϛʹ(ἔτους) ϛʹ
Translation:
L : "Alexandria"
ç: Year "6".
Mint
| L | Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (285-286) L | Ϛ (year 6) | ||||||||||||||
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