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Lot # 517
Egypt. Alexandria. Diocletian, 284-305. Tetradrachm (Billon, 19.10 mm, 8.22 g) dated RY 12 (= 295-296) ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right, wearing beard. Rev. Dikaiosyne draped seated left on backed throne, holding scales in the right hand, cornucopia and drapery on the left arm, L IB (date) above to left. Dattari-Savio pl. 282, 10636 (this coin). Geissen - . Emmett 4034. Nice light patina. Extremely Fine. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 10636. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 40, 27.05.2018, lot 435. A Diocletian tetradrachm, belonging to Dattari collection, of peculiar preservation and images’ clearness. The imperial portrait on the obverse is grave and glowering while on the reverse, a tiny and dominating Dikaiosyne with her symbols (scales and cornucopia) completes the coin flan. It doesn’t seem to have circulated.