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Tetradrachm - Probus L Δ, Athena, Alexandria
| Issuer | Alexandria |
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| Year | 278-279 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Athena seated left upon a throne, holding a figure of Nike (Victory) in her extended right hand and a long sceptre in her left hand; a large round shield rests against the left side of the throne. The composition is characteristic of Alexandrian civic iconography, rendered with clarity despite the potin fabric. The date legend appears in the left field. |
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| Mintage | ND (278-279) L - Δ (year 4) |
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Probus inherited an empire still bleeding from the Crisis of the Third Century, and his Egyptian coinage reflects the monetary exhaustion of that period. The billon tetradrachm of Alexandria had been debased so aggressively over the preceding decades that by his reign the silver content was effectively negligible — these are copper coins with a surface wash, not silver coins in any meaningful metallurgical sense.
The regnal year L Δ places this piece in Probus's fourth Egyptian year. Milne 4570 is a well-documented type within the Alexandria sequence.