Alexandria: Diocletian (284-305 AD) [ AL_3249 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Diocletian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer und Paludamentum, von hinten gesehen | Elpis geht in Chiton und Peplos nach links, hält auf der Rechten Blume, schürzt mit der Linken das Gewand; im Feld oben rechts Stern; im Feld L Ϛ |
| Depicted Person |
Diocletian (284-305 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from rear)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
Paludamentum (worn)
|
Spes / Elpis (advancing, to the left, holding, wearing)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Flower (held)
Hemline (held)
Star (above)
|
| Legend (edited) | Α(ΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) Κ(ΑΙΣΑΡ) Γ(ΑΙΟΣ) ΟΥΑΛ(ΕΡΙΟΣ) ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | Α Κ Γ ΟΥΑΛ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Imperator Caesar Caius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L - Ϛ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/76067 | |
| Reference Literature |
R. S. Poole, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Alexandria and the Nomes, London 1892.
No.
2500
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
1985
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
5671
F. Feuardent, Collections Giovanni di Demetrio, Numismatique, Égypte ancienne II, Domination romain, Paris 1872.
No.
3399
A. Geißen, Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Bd. IV (Claudius Gothicus – Bleimünzen Nr. 3015-3627), Opladen 1983.
No.
3249
(This sample)
S. W. Grose, Fitzwilliam Museum - Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins III: Asia Minor, Further Asia, Egypt, Africa, Cambridge 1929.
No.
9923 Taf. 374,13
R. A. Haatvedt/E. E. Peterson, Coins from Karanis. The University of Michigan Excavations 1924-1935 (edited by E. M. Husselman), Ann Arbor 1964.
No.
1234
G. Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, Vol. III, Glasgow 1905.
No.
1107
(Comparable: Rückseite ohne Stern)
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
4937
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
3668
SNG Dänemark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum Copenhagen IV, Part 41: Alexandria-Cyrenaica, Kopenhagen
No.
998
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
170
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
222-230
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