EGYPT.ALEXANDRIA.Domitian AD 81-96.Billon Tetradrachm, struck AD 88/89. ( 13.16g, 24.2mm, 12h )
AVT KAIΣAP ΔOMITIANOΣ ΣEB ΓEPM, laurate bust right of Domitian.
Reverse.Athena standing right holding Nike in right hand and shield in left, regnal year lower left field LH ( Year 8 = AD 88/89 ).
Ref:Emmett 237 ( highest rarity R5 )
Good very fine with original dull grey tone, touches of light earthen deposit in fields.
The regnal year appears to have been re-engraved.
Very rare issue for Domitian in Alexandria. The copper coin are fairly common but the billons of Alexandria are all rare.