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A potin Alexandrian tetradrachm of the emperor Maximianus with a reverse showing Alexandria holding the head of Serapis Coin Type: Potin tetradrachm of Maximianus, 286-305 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 289-290 CE.
Size and Weight: 18.4mm, 7.75g
Obverse: A K MA OVA MAXIMIANOC CEB
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: Alexandria standing left, wearing close-fitting cap surmounted by three turrets, long chiton and peplos, holding out on her right hand the bust of Serapis crowned with a kalathos and wearing a himation, facing towards her; holding a tall sceptre in her left hand behind.
Field Marks: L in left field, Δ in right field (regnal year 4)
Provenance: WCNC (Vcoins), October 2005
Ref: Milne 4904
BW Ref: 003 028 051
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