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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4302098, member: 87404&quot;]Very nice write up, ACH. I have a similar Nero as your&#039;s, so I won&#039;t share it. But if that was the first portrayal of the personification of Alexandria within their closed economy, maybe this was the last??</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/20190526_155052.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3"><b>Diocletian, Ruled 284-305 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Struck 285/286 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: A K Γ OYAΛ ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CЄB, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Diocletian to right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: Alexandria, mural crown, standing left, holding bust of Serapis and sceptre, date L-B across field (year 2=285/286 AD).</font></p><p><font size="3">References: Emmett 4025, Dattari 5622, Köln 3210</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex: Naville Numismatics, Auction 49, Lot #203 (5-12-2019)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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