Julia Domna

Alexandria Mint - Comparison of Denarii and Tetradrachms

The Alexandria mint denarii were assigned to that mint based on comparison in style with the Greek legend coinage. This distinction was first suggested by Laffranchi in 1921 and accepted by the authors of most later texts. The photos below are presented to demonstrate this similarity.

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