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Title: Tetradrachm
Date: 284-305
Object Name: coin
Classification: Roman
Culture(s):
Roman
Mint: Africa, Alexandria
Technique: struck
Medium: billon (BI)
Dimensions: Coin: 20 mm, 12 O'Clock, 6.72 g (13/16 in., 12 O'Clock, 0.24 oz.)
Subject/Image: Reverse: Eagle standing left
Subject/Image: Obverse: Bust Diocletian?
Inscription: Reverse: L gamma
Description: Bust Diocletian? r. laur. traces of inscription./ Eagle, wings closed standing left, head back holding wreath in beak. L gamma in fields left and right. Border of dots.
Accession Number: NG.1993.2.677