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Tetradrachm of Alexandria with bust of Salonina

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 264–265
Mint: Egypt, Alexandria

Medium/Technique Billon
Dimensions Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 9.15 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation
Accession Number88.239
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Salonina, right, wearing stephane.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Eirene standing left, holding olive-branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left.
In field at left, palm; in field at right, inscription for date..
ProvenanceBy 1888: with van Lennep, Smyrna; purchased by MFA from van Lennep, January 5, 1888, for $75.00 (this figure is the total price for 88.12-88.262)