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The Shops of the Roman mint of Alexandria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2012

J. G. Milne
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During the fourth century A.D. the coins issued from the different mints of the Roman empire commonly bore, in addition to the name of the city where the mint was situated, a letter or number indicating the particular shop of the mint in which each coin was struck. In a recent article I made a study of the tetradrachms issued at Alexandria during the first twelve years of the reign of Diocletian— i.e. till the date when the Egyptian currency was assimilated to that of the rest of the empire—to see what evidence could be found as to the existence of marks distinguishing the shops in this series: and I propose now to pass the whole of the Roman tetradrachm issues of Alexandria in brief review for the same purpose.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Roman Studies , Volume 8 , November 1918 , pp. 154 - 178
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Copyright ©J. G. Milne 1918. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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References

page 154 note 1 ‘The organisation of the Alexandrian Mint in the reign of Diocletian,’ J.E.A. vol. iii, pp. 207–217.

page 155 note 1 No attempt is made, in rendering the inscriptions on the coins, to represent the true forms of the letters. Ε and Ω are used throughout for both square and round forms.

page 159 note 1 ‘The Alexandrian Coinage of Galba,’ N.C. 1909, p. 274.

page 160 note 1 For the comparative size of the issues of tetradrachms from the mint of Alexandria reference may be made to the tables appended to my paper on ‘The Roman Coinage of Alexandria’ in Historical Studies, ii, British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1911.

page 161 note 1 ‘The Alexandrian Coinage of the Early Years of Hadrian,’ N.C. 1917, p. 31.

page 163 note 1 I omit obvious engraver's blunders, which are rather frequent in this reign.

page 164 note 1 ‘Some Alexandrian Coins,’ J.E.A. 1917, p. 178.

page 168 note 1 ‘The Alexandrian Coinage of the Eighth Year of Gallienus,’ Ancient Egypt, 1917, pt. iv.

page 169 note 1 See ‘The Alexandrian Coinage of the Eighth Year of Gallienus,’ v.s. § 28.

page 171 note 1 For the sequence of the issues of Aurelian and Vaballathus, see Some Alexandrian Coins, p. 184.

page 174 note 1 There are other types known, not represented in this hoard: Dattari's catalogue includes, in year 3, Nike l. and emperor riding l.; in year 5, Athene seated l. Tyche standing l. and eagle r. palm across; in year 8, Eirene l. But these are even rarer, and for present purposes more negligible, than the extra types mentioned.