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Lot # 519
Egypt. Alexandria. Maximianus Herculius, 286-310, first reign, 286-305. Tetradrachm, (Billon, 18.00 mm, 6.30 g) dated RY 9 (= 293-294) MAΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄB Laureate bust of Maximianus right. Rev. ЄNATOY in semicircle to left. Eirene draped standing left, holding olive branch in the right hand and scepter with drapery on the left arm, L (date) right. B. Geissen 3333 var. Dattari-Savio pl. 286, 5869 (this coin). Emmett 4113. Extremely Fine. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 5869. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 48, 07.04.2019, lot 310. One tetradrachm more from Dattari collection but of Maximian, Diocletian’s collegue, in his ninth year of reign (293-294 AD). Perfect conservation despite the generic imperial portrait counterbalanced on the reverse by a pretty Eirene, supporter of peace.