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Coin Type: Potin tetradrachm of Maximianus, 286-305 CE. Mint and Date: Alexandria, 291-292 CE. Size and Weight: 19mm x 21mm, 7.85g Obverse: MAXIMIANOC CEB Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind. Reverse: Naked Hercules standing facing, head left, club and lion-skin in left hand behind, right hand holding a small figure of Victory who offers him a wreath. Field Marks: Star in right field. Z over L in left field (regnal year 7) Provenance: del550 (eBay), July 2008 Ref: Milne 5024. BW Ref: 015 052 130 |
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