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An Alexandrian potin tetradrachm of the emperor Diocletian with a Eusebia reverse Coin Type: Potin tetradrachm of Diocletian, 284-305 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 284-285 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 6.87g
Obverse: A K ΓOYA Λ ΔIOKΛΗTIANOC CЄB
Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse:Eusebia standing facing, head left, wearing veil, long chiton, and peplos; right hand dropping incense onto a thymiaterion, left hand holding an incense box behind.
Field Marks: L A in left field (regnal year 1).
Provenance: Sphinx Numismatics (Vcoins), April 2007
Ref: Milne 4752 var (altar not garlanded); Curtis 1994; BMC 2509 var
BW Ref: 013 031 107
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