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Tetradrachm - Diocletianus L B, Dikaiosyne, Alexandria
| Issuer | Alexandria Mint |
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| Year | 285-286 |
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| Weight | 7.45 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Diocletianus facing right, with drapery visible at the shoulder. The effigy is rendered in the late Roman provincial style characteristic of Alexandrian tetradrachms, with coarse but expressive workmanship. A circular Greek legend surrounds the portrait, reading the imperial titulature. The flan is irregularly shaped, a common feature of late third-century Alexandrian coinage, and the surface shows patination consistent with a billon or silver-washed copper fabric. |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Dikaiosyne (personification of Justice) facing left, draped in a long chiton, holding a pair of scales in her extended left hand and a cornucopia in her right arm. The composition is typical of Alexandrian civic reverse types, emphasizing imperial virtue through allegorical personification. To the left of the figure appears the regnal date mark L B (Year 2), rendered in Greek numerals. The field is worn but the principal elements of the type remain identifiable, consistent with Milne 4768 and SNG Copenhagen 978. |
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| Reverse lettering | L B (Translation: L : `Alexandria` B : Year `2`.) |
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