AR19 - Diocletian L Γ

Year three of Diocletian's reign in Egyptian reckoning corresponds to a period of intense administrative restructuring. His currency reform of 296 AD was still two years away, making this issue part of the collapsing pre-reform billon coinage that Diocletian himself would soon deem unacceptable — the very monetary disorder that motivated the Edict on Maximum Prices in 301. The Alexandria mint remained one of the most prolific in the eastern empire, operating as a closed currency system where provincials were required to exchange foreign coin at official rates.