Alexandria: Diocletian (284-305 AD) [ AL_3275 ]
Categorisation
Materiality
Die properties
| Obverse | Reverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Brustbild des Diocletian mit Lorbeerkranz nach rechts, Panzer, Paludamentum links | Brustbild des Sarapis mit pflanzengeschmücktem Kalathos und Taenia nach rechts, Himation über linker Schulter; im Feld rechts Palmzweig; im Feld links L ΙΒ |
| 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: bust (to the right, seen from front)
Sarapis (in portrait, wearing)
Kalathos (worn)
Chiton (worn)
Himation (worn)
Branch - palm (right)
|
| Legend (edited) | ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙ-ΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(ΑΣΤΟΣ) | - |
| Legend (plain) | ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ | - |
| Title (Latin) |
Diocletianus Augustus
|
- |
| Mark/Monogram | - |
in left field
:
L ΙΒ
|
References and Commentary
| Referenced type (Roman Provincial Coinage) | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/76320 | |
| Reference Literature |
G. Dattari, Monete Imperiali Greche, Numi Augg. Alexandrini, Vol. I (Testo), Vol. II (Tavole), Cairo 1901.
No.
5743
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.
3275
(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.
1280
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. II (Münzverzeichnis), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
177
|
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| Commentary literature |
J. Vogt, Die Alexandrinischen Münzen, Bd. I (Text), Stuttgart 1924.
S.
222-230
|
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