Egypt. Alexandria. Diocletian, 284-305. Tetradrachm (Billon, 20.60 mm, 7.06 g) dated RY 12 (= 295-296) ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙ ΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right, wearing short beard. Rev. Draped bust of Isis right, L IB (date) across fields. Dattari 5710/11. Curtis X-2006. Geissen - . Milne - . Emmett 4145. Very Fine. Ex CNG XXXI, 9-10 september 1994, lot 1444. The autonomous monetary production of the mint of Alexandria of Egypt stops during the year 12 of Diocletian (295-296 AD). The emperor’s disputed centralist monetary reform came into full force only 2 years later, in 298 AD, following the repression of Domitian’s revolt. Magnificent physiognomic portrait of Diocletian on the obverse of this rare tetradrachm and a pretty image of Isis on the reverse.