Alexandria: Diocletian (284-305 AD) [ AL_3273 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Diocletian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer, Paludamentum links | Brustbild des Zeus mit Taenia nach rechts, Himation über linker Schulter; im Feld L ΙΑ |
| Depicted Person |
Diocletian (284-305 AD)
(
Augustus
)
|
- |
| Picture concept |
Portrait type: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing)
Laurel wreath (worn)
Cuirass (worn)
|
Portrait type: head (to the right)
Jupiter / Zeus (in portrait, wearing)
Taenia (worn)
Himation (worn)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Diocletianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in field
:
L - ΙΑ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/76115 | |
| Reference Literature |
J. W. Curtis, The Tetradrachms of Roman Egypt, Chicago 1969 (Reprint).
No.
X-2036
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
5770
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.
3273
(This sample)
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.
1274
J. G. Milne, Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins. With a Supplement by C. M. Kraay, London 1971.
No.
5150
T. E. Mionnet, Description de médailles antiques, Greques et Romains VI, Paris 1813.
No.
3697
(Rückseite mit Lorbeerkranz)
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
175
|
|
| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
222-230
|
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