ANCIENTS - Max. Herc. - Alexandrian Athena

When I bought my Galerius I also bought this Maximianus Herculius Tet. due to what I consider to be quite exceptionally good style on the obverse.

Billon tetradrachm
Obv:–MAXIMIANOC CEB, Laureate bust right
Rev:– None, Athena, seated left, holding Victory and spear..
Minted in Alexandria (L I| A). A.D. 296
Reference(s) – Curtis -, BMC -, Milne -. Emmett 4102 (Year 11) Rated R3



Martin

 

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Indeed, a nice portrait!

 

the portrait is stellar indeed! both nice tets however.

 

Great portrait but nice reverse too!

 

There's one I wouldn't mind having. Nice score.

Now get off my lawn!

 

Wow, good ol' yummy Alexandria!! => my favourite!!

 

Considering I dont have a big love for these, this has a great portrait indeed.

 

Thanks for all the comments. I know that these tets. can be quite bland at times but some of their engravers seem to have had quite a bit of skill.

I was discussing this coin elsewhere because I was wondering what the mark in the upper right field might be. An expert in the field (who remains anonymous on that forum and thus I will not identify him) was of the opinion that it is a star. This would make this coin an unpublished variety. He did note that Dattari 5847 has date L--IA; star right and thus a star in the right field is known for this series and thus this coin is not completely unexpected.
Regards,
Martin

 

Very nice Martin, i've been looking at these for a while..

 

Tetradrachms aren't blend, EVER!!!!!

Some of them just aren't worth buying.

 

no, but all the portraits look like they have fallen head first into a hornets nest.

 

...and all LRBs are practically two dimensional!