Description: Egypt, Alexandria, Gallienus (253 - 268 AD). BI Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, 264/5 AD (year 12). AVT K Π ΛIK ΓAΛΛIHNOC CEB; laureate, cuirassed bust right / Athena standing facing, helmeted head left, vertical spear in right hand, left hand resting on large shield set on ground, palm in right field; LIB (year).

Diameter: BI23 mm

Weight: 9,48 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: Emmett 3796; Milne 4098; Curtis 1578-1579; BMC 2164; Dattari 5228

Commentary: brown patina, some roughness

History: By excluding the senators from becoming military commanders, Gallienus contributed, along with Septimius Severus, Diocletian, and Constantine I, to the creation of Dominate - a despotic version of imperial rule.

Article Number: 036-02-01-41652