Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
AR21 - Claudius II L Γ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
|---|---|
| Year | 270-271 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Emmett 3868; Dattari 5415 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | L Γ |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (270-271) |
| Additional information |
Claudius II died of plague in August 270 — one of the few third-century emperors not killed by his own troops — and Alexandria continued striking in his name into regnal year four (L Γ), likely before news of his death had fully reorganized the mint's production schedule. The Egyptian provincial mint operated on a Diocletian-era billon that was already debased far below its nominal silver content, a condition that had been deteriorating steadily since the Antonine period.
Dattari 5415 places this among the better-documented Alexandria issues, though die alignment and flan quality vary considerably across surviving specimens.