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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, 288-289 CE.
Size and Weight: 17.5mm, 7.62g
Obverse: A K ΓOYA ΔIOKΛΗTIANOC CEB
Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: Eusebia standing left, wearing veil, long chiton and peplos; right hand dropping incense onto an altar, left hand holding up a fold of her peplos behind.
Field Marks: L in left field, Є in right field (Regnal year 5).
Provenance: Imperial Coins & Artifacts (Vcoins), April 2007
Ref: Curtis 1995, Milne 4898
BW Ref: 014 031 107
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