Roman Provincial - Alexandria 283-284 AD Roman Provincial Alexandria Egypt Numerian Potin Tetradrachm year 2 283 284 AD Athena Nike Emmett 4013 Dattari 5607 XF

Roman province of Egypt, Alexandria, Potin Tetradrachm, emperor Numerian, regnal year 2, which is 283 to 284 AD.

Obverse: laureate and cuirassed bust of Numerian to the right, seen from behind.

Reverse: Athena seated to the left, holding a Nike and a spear, a shield below the seat, and in the field the letters L B for the second regnal year.

References: Emmett 4013, Dattari 5607.

Alexandria in Egypt kept its own coinage system under Rome. The city struck tetradrachms in billon or potin, dated by the regnal year of the emperor. The letter L stood for the year. Numerian was a young emperor, a son of Carus, who ruled briefly together with his brother Carinus. He died in 284 on the way back from the east. The mint of Alexandria was one of the busiest in the Roman east.

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