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Posted 06/30/2011 07:19 am
Welcome indeed. 
Your coin is a local piece for you; it's an extremely debased silver tetradrachm from the Roman province of Egypt, dating from just before the empire-wide coinage reform of Diocletian in 298 AD which shut down the Alexandrian coinage.
It's not too legible, but there's just enough detail visible in the pics to identify it. The most legible letter in the obverse legend is the Greek letter xi (Greek X), the roughly Z-shaped letter directly above the emperor's head. The only emperor from this time period with X in the middle of his name is Maximianus. The "B" on the other side is the Greek numeral for the regnal year; B = 2. Year 2 of emperor Maximinaus was 287-288 AD.
This coin on Wildwinds is the best match I could find there. The reverse figure is Elpis, Greek goddess of hope, lifting her skirt and holding a flower.
Your coin is a local piece for you; it's an extremely debased silver tetradrachm from the Roman province of Egypt, dating from just before the empire-wide coinage reform of Diocletian in 298 AD which shut down the Alexandrian coinage.
It's not too legible, but there's just enough detail visible in the pics to identify it. The most legible letter in the obverse legend is the Greek letter xi (Greek X), the roughly Z-shaped letter directly above the emperor's head. The only emperor from this time period with X in the middle of his name is Maximianus. The "B" on the other side is the Greek numeral for the regnal year; B = 2. Year 2 of emperor Maximinaus was 287-288 AD.
This coin on Wildwinds is the best match I could find there. The reverse figure is Elpis, Greek goddess of hope, lifting her skirt and holding a flower.
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