Coin: billon
- Museum number:
- 8-5675
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080005675
- Accession number:
- Acc.908
- Description:
- Coin. Greek Billon, Æ. ( grams; 21 mm). Diocletian AD. 284/295 Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟCCΕΒ. Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Draped figure standing facing left; to right, ЄTOYC, date illegible.
- Donor:
- Mary W. Knight
- Collection place:
- Alexandria, Lower Egypt
- Production place:
- Alexandria, Lower Egypt
- Culture or time period:
- Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (285–313 AD)
- Collector:
- H. M. Holbrook
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Billon
- Person depicted:
- Diocletian (Emperor of Rome)
- Inscription:
- Reverse legend: ETOYS date illegible and ΑΚΓΟΥΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟCCΕΒ
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 284-295 AD
- Accession date:
- 1947
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 21 millimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-