AR26 - Domitian L Η

Year 8 of Domitian's reign in Egypt, corresponding to 88–89 AD, falls within his increasingly autocratic later years — the period when he demanded to be addressed as *dominus et deus* in Rome. Alexandrian tetradrachms of this era were struck on the billon standard that had been steadily debased since Nero's currency reform of 64 AD, though calling this piece silver reflects its nominal designation rather than its actual fineness, which by this point hovered well below 20% pure metal.