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An Alexandrian potin tetradrachm of the emperor Maximianus with a Homonoia reverse Coin Type: Potin tetradrachm of Maximianus, 286-305 CE.
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 288-289 CE.
Size and Weight: 18.0mm, 6.4g
Obverse: A K MA OVA MAXIMIANOC CEB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: Homonoia standing left, wearing a long chiton and a peplos, raising right hand with open palm and holding two cornucopias in left arm.
Field Marks: L in left field, Γ in right field (regnal year 3)
Provenance: susan9176 (eBay), March 2004
Ref: Milne 4855.
BW Ref: 006 028 057
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