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Lot # 266
EGYPT. Alexandria. Diocletian, 284-305. Tetradrachm (Billon, 19.61 mm, 8.87 g) L-B = year 2 = 285/286. A K Γ OYA Λ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CEB Laureate and cuirassed bust of Diocletian right with short beard. Rev. Personification of the city of Alexandria standing facing, head wearing turreted crown turned to left, holding head of Serapis on the right hand and scepter in the left hand. L B (date) on outer left and right field. BMC, Alexandria, p. 326. 2529; Dattari 5622; Milne 4781; Emmett 4025; Koln 3210; Geissen 3210; Kampmann/Ganschow 119.13. Very fine. From the G.M. Staffieri Collection. Ex Auctiones AG, Auction 26, 16-19 September 1996, lot. 540.