Diocletian's Egyptian tets

I like these little fat coins. The reverses are interesting. Here are some of mine.

 

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Whoa. Nice coins!

TIF - show us your tets!

 

nice JBG, i really like these coins.

i have this one from diocletian...






it is nice and phat..




easy to find in my coin box because of the "gap" in makes in there.

 

You can still blame it on the NyQuill!

 

I don't think I've uploaded the Diocletians to my website but here's a sampling of some of my favorites Alexandrians.

Nero/Apollo, tetradrachm, year 13


Hadrian/emperor with Alexandria, drachm, year 15


Antoninus Pius/canopus of Osiris, tetradrachm, year 2


Lucius Verus/Zeus, tetradrachm, year 4


Claudius II/eagle, tetradrachm, year 2


Claudius II/Tyche, tetradrachm, year 3


Carinus/Tyche, tetradrachm, year 1. These Alexandrians are frequently misidentified and this one was found on eBay, labeled as a Diocletian when it is actually a moderately rare type and year for Carinus.

 

Killer eagle on the Claudius II. And the Claudius II Tyche is also special.

 

I told you she had nice tets.

 

You are a dawg! I have been beaten into politically correct submission by the last 5 decades. I only see the uniform not what's inside. No matter how nice those babies are.

 

I don't have too many, but this is my latest favorite, a bargain bin coin from my main man in Dubai...

Marcus Aurelius Probus, AD 276-282
Billon Tetradrachm, 20mm, 7.66g; Alexandria, AD 277-278.
Obv.: A K M AVT ΠPOBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, in left field, LB (Year 2).
Reference: Milne 4522. Emmett 3979(2) R1. Curtis 1846.

 

AURELIAN

PROBUS

NUMERIAN


DIOCLETIAN


MAXIMIANUS

 

NERO

TITUS

HADRIAN

 

Mmmmm, nice ... I could stare at your tets all day long!! (Bing)



... anyway ...

What's this thread, dem Egyptians? ...

=> them gull darn ejyptions!!

 

My tet only hadrian

 

I know this thread asked for tets of Diocletian but by the time I got here all the types I have had been posted and the thread ran off chasing other rabbits (a common thing here). I'll show a few different Alexandrians.

Aelius Caesar hemidrachm - These are unusual in that they lack L dating but have TRP and COS "Roman" dating as well as naming (H)Omonoia. The exact coin comes in a larger drachm so you will need to weigh them to attribute.



I feel lucky to have two tets of Julia Domna (but not one of Septimius, unfortunately). All Severan Alexandrians before Elagabalus are rare.


Common but different is this Carus posthumous tet with Greek translations of the standard Roman types and legends. thEW KAPW CEB / AphIEPWCIC

 

Very nice Domna issues. Those are difficult to find.

 

Some Diocletians...

Obv:– A K ΓOYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Tyche reclining left on garlanded couch, right hand on rudder, left hand supports head
Minted in Alexandria (LA). A.D. 284/285
Reference:– Curtis 2023, BMC 2527v, Milne 4756



Obv:– A K ΓOYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Eirene standing left, holding sceptre and olive-branch
Minted in Alexandria (L | B). A.D. 285/286
Reference(s) – Curtis 1976, BMC 2493v, Milne 4774



Obv:– A K L OVAL DIOKLHTIANOC CEB, Laureate, draped bust right
Rev:– None, Dikaiosyne, seated left on throne, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left
Minted in Alexandria (LA). Year 1. A.D. 284-285
Reference:– Milne 4748. Emmett 4034(1) R2. Curtis 1966. BMC 2492. Köln 3201. Dattari 5653

 

No Diocletian alexandrian tet to show, but, like the folks before me some others :


Nero and Agrippina, tetradrachm Alexandria mint, AD 56-57
NEP KLAY KAIS SEB GEP AYTO, Laureate of Nero right
AGPITTTTINA SEBAETH, bust of Agrippina junior right LG in right field
12.5 gr
Ref : RCV # 1989


Nero and Poppaea, tetradrachm Alexandria mint, AD 63-64
NERO KLAY KAIS SEB TEP AY, radiate head of Nero right
TTOTTTTAIA SEBASTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, LI in right field
12.3 gr
Ref : RCV # 2002 v, Emmet # 129


Tranquillina, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, AD 242-243
CAB TPANKVLLEINA CEB, diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina right
Nike standing left, LS in field (sixth regnal year)
12,50 gr
Ref : Sear #3868v, RCV #8898v, Emmet #3449/6


Gallienus, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 14 (AD 266/270)
AVTKTTLIKGALLIHNOCCEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right
Eagle standing left, head right, with wreath in beak. LIdelta in left field, palm in right field
9.60 gr 22 mm
Ref : Emmet # 3804, RCV # 10582

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more...


Salonina, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 15 (AD 267/268)
KOPNHLIACALWNEINACEB, diademed and draped bust right
Eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak. LIE in right field
11.61 gr 22 mm
Ref : Emmet # 3854, RCV # 10723


Valerian II, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 4 (AD 256-257)
TT LIK KOPOYALEPIANOS KAIE CEB, bare bust, draped and cuirassed
Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak. L delta in field
10,18 gr
Ref : Emmet # 3764/4
RCV # 10754


Claudius II Gothicus, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 1 (AD 268/269)
AVKKLAVDIOCCEB, Laureate and draped bust right
Eagle standing right, head left, with wreath in beak. LA in right field
10.14 gr 21/22 mm
Ref : Emmet # 3878, RCV # 11407


Probus, Tetradrachm Tetradrachm minted in Alexandria AD 277
A K M AVPTTPBOC CEB, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Probus right
Eagle right, head left, holding wreath in beak. LB in field (regnal year 2)
6,69 gr
Ref : Sear #4773v, Emmet #3983/2

Q

 

And to finish with (already shown off with that one, but a gem in my collection) :


Domitius Domitianus, Octadrachm, Emmet plate coin Alexandria mint, AD 296-297
DOMITI ANOCCEB, Radiate bust of Domitius right
No legend, Serapis going right, LB in field (regnal year 2)
12.79 gr
Ref : Emmet, Alexandrian coins #4241/2, this example illustrated, Dattari # 10830, RCV # 12982 (2000), Sear # 4801 var (It's actually an hexadrachm in Sear)
Domitius Domitianus, stationed in Egypt, rebelled against Diocletianus in july 296 AD and was proclaimed emperor. He was defeated during spring 297 AD. Diocletian decided to close the alexandrian mint, so the coins of Domitianus are the last provincial coins from Alexandria. Also, Domitianus was the only ruler to strike octadrachms (in parallel with didrachms, tetradrachms and hexadrachms)

For more information, see, in english : http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius Domitianus or "en français" http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=54339.0

Also, the following comment, about another specimen sold at CNG (Triton XI, Lot # 539) "For the most part, scholars agree that the larger coins featuring the radiate bust must be a double, and thereby call it an octodrachm. At half the weight, then, the smallest coins with the Nike on the reverse must be tetradrachms, though these coins have erroneously been called heretofore didrachms. The weights of these tetradrachms appear consistent with the final issues of pre-reform tetradrachms of the Tetrarchs. The middle denomination poses the largest challenge to this arrangement. By weight, it should be a hexadrachm. However, no such denomination was known to have been struck in Egypt, though tetradrachms earlier in the third century achieved this weight. The obvious problem here would be the confusion caused in circulating the same denomination in two different weights. As this type is the rarest of the group, it is possible that it was meant for a special occasion, or more remotely, a stalled attempt to reinstitute the pre-reform coinage on an earlier weight standard. Further investigation may shed more light on this subject.

Happy Q !

 

EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea. Augusta
BI Tetradrachm
222-235 AD
Dated RY 11 of Severus Alexander (AD 231/2)
Diameter: 23 mm
Weight: 12.92 grams
Obverse: Diademed and draped bust of Julia Mamaea right
Reverse: Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus; L A (date) behind, palm before