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AR20 - Diocletian L Α
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 285-286 |
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| Weight | 7.09 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maximian facing right, seen from the rear, rendered in the provincial Alexandrian style. The emperor's head bears a radiate or laureate crown, with paludamentum fastened at the shoulder visible below the cuirass. The encircling Greek legend reads Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Augustus. The portrait displays the characteristic robust style of late third-century Alexandrian tetradrachm coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Heracles standing right, holding a club in his left hand resting upon an altar to his right, upon which a lion's head is placed, referencing the Nemean lion and one of the hero's canonical labors. The figure is rendered in the Alexandrian provincial style typical of late third-century potin or billon tetradrachms. The date inscription L Α appears in the field, denoting regnal year 1 of the Alexandrian era corresponding to 285–286 AD. |
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| Mintage | ND (285-286) |
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