EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximianus. First reign, AD 286-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.20 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 295/6). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Sarapis right, wearing ornate kalathos; L I A (date) across field. Köln 3345 var. (date arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 5980; K&G 120.139; RPC X Online 76313; Emmett 4151 (R3). Brown patina, slight roughness. VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Beast Coins, 6 July 2009. Ex Keith Emmett Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, December 1991.
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