Help with an Alexandrian Tet of Diocletian(I think)

This chunky boi came in the mail today and I am having a rather hard time finding a proper identification for the reverse. I can't find it anywhere.

If I'm reading the obverse correctly, it says A K Γ OYA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB which would make it Diocletian.

What I believe the reverse to be is:
Athena standing left, holding spear and resting left hand on shield, LΓ in left field.

I've skimmed wildwinds and vcoins but can't find something similar anywhere. Am I completely screwing this up?

 

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This one looks close..
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/wa..._ad_tetradrachm__cologne/1108614/Default.aspx

 

From here, it's looking as if @Spaniard nailed it.

 

Yes, but the description of the seller is wrong. It's not the version with Nike.


Year 3, Athena facing with shield and spear is Emmett 4030 or Kampmann/Ganschow 119.34

 

May I ask where you got these references from? I'm having a hard time finding them online. Thanks!

 

From the bookshelf

 

Yes sorry......the coin is the same as yours but @shanxi's description is correct.

 

Bah! That is the one thing that I and FFIVN are lacking. Physical resources. We have been doing the ancient coin collecting hobby with only the resources that we have been able to find online. I wish there were more of these physical resources that were put on the web.

 

Dattari is online available. I didn't check it, but you may find your coin there too:

https://archive.org/details/moneteimperialig01datt

https://archive.org/details/moneteimperialig02datt

 

....Now that I've dragged my book out....Keith Emmett, Alexandrian coins. The seller obviously doesn't read!....And neither did I read the sellers desciption I was just focusing on the coin details!

 

(...Woop. Kind of the polite way of saying, 'Busted.' Promise you, @furryfrog02, Been there, Done that.)

 

I wish we had some physical resources, believe me I do.
However, we
1) Don't have the space
2) Don't have the money
Maybe someday after I win powerball and am able to have a grand library in my house

 

If one intends to collect any more than a handful of Roman Alexandrian coins, I think Emmett is worth it despite the meager number of photos. The line drawings are good enough, for the most part, for identification purposes. I think I paid about $40 for it.

 

@Spaniard, that last part is exactly what I got from your operant post. I was looking at the type, rather than the ensuing attribution.
....I wonder, vicariously, if some of the attraction of the Roman provincial series, even more generally, is how under -published it is.
...This from someone who mostly hangs out in the 10th-13th centuries. Consider the source!!!

 

Don't know if this is out of your budget......I tried to buy this but they wouldn't post to Europe!.....So I had to pay double to receive one from England!.....It is a very useful tool!....https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/wa...product/alexandrian_coins/652943/Default.aspx

 

That may be on the short list for this year. FFIVN and I are getting to the point where we need some more resources.

 

Thanks! I added it to my vcoins watchlist. Perhaps after next payday I can order it

 

Sorry, @furryfrog02.
No, Really.
Not only have I been in similar places to where you are; I have occasion, every day, to thank My theistic Stuff for the privilege (otherwise mostly inexplicable) of having lived so long.
But, No, you were owed an apology.

 

Sayle has it on sale at Amazon for the same price. I didn't check to see if there's any difference in shipping costs. Sayle was the seller when I bought my copy last summer, for the same price.

 

Thanks but I wasn't upset by what you said. I understand that I am quite new to the ancients community and lack the decades of experience. With those decades of experience also come with decades of life experiences. I am currently the sole provider for a family of 4 (not including myself) and need to be very cognizant of where the money goes.
I budget a bit every month so that FFIVN and I can enjoy our hobby but for now, that mostly goes to coins with the hope being that we can identify them via the resources that we have online. We eventually will get to the point where the monthly money will be better spent on books than coins.