Title: Tetradrachm
Object Name: coin
Classification: Roman
Mint: Africa, Alexandria
Technique:
struck
Dimensions: Coin: 19 mm, 12 O'Clock, 7.73 g (3/4 in., 12 O'Clock, 0.27 oz.)
Subject/Image: Reverse:
female figure, Alexandria standing left
Subject/Image: Obverse:
Male bust emperor Diocletian right
Inscription: Obverse:
AKGOVALDIOKLHTIANO[CCEB]
Inscription: Reverse:
L E
Description: Male bust emperor Diocletian right, laureate, inscription around/
Female figure, Alexandria standing right, holding out on right hand bust of Sarapis crowned with modius and wearing himation, facing towards her, resting left on long sceptre, star in field above right, numbers in field left and right
Accession Number: NG.1993.2.2581