Some Imperial Portraits on Coins of Alexandria in Roman Egypt

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AttributionWhoWho is on this coin because...notes
Emmett 2(UD),
Milne 1
AugustusEmperor 30 BCE-14 CEÆ 40 drachmae
Emmett 91(2),
Milne 75
(thanks to Don Currie)
Claudius
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Emperor 41-54Æ obol
Emmett 109(12),
Milne 238
Nero
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Emperor 54-68billon tetradrachm
Emmett 174(2),
Milne 325
Galba
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Emperor 68-69billon tetradrachm
Emmett 202(2),
Milne 397
VespasianEmperor 69-79billon tetradrachm
Emmett 278(2),
Milne 468
Domitian
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Emperor 81-96Æ diobol
Emmett 692(16),
Milne -
Thanks to Bill Puetz
Trajan
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Emperor 98-117Æ dichalkon
Emmett 1283(11),
Milne 1247
Hadrian
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Emperor 117-138Æ dichalkon of Oxyrynchite nome
Emmett 1348(19),
Milne 1485a
AntinousHadrian's companion, drowned in the Nile October 130Æ diobol
Emmett 886
(can't see regnal year under gruesome old collection shellac)
SabinaWife of Hadrianbillon tetradrachm
Emmett 1617(11),
Milne 1969
Antoninus Pius
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Emperor 138-161Æ drachm
Emmett 2085(4),
Milne 2486
Marcus AureliusEmperor 161-180billon tetradrachm
Emmett 2542(29),
Milne 2683
CommodusEmperor 177-192billon tetradrachm
Emmett 2976(4),
Milne 2821
Julia Paula
(thanks to Don Currie)
First wife of Elagabalus (divorced 220)billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3082(5),
Milne 2859
Severus AlexanderCaesar 221 - 222billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3099(6),
Milne 3000
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Emperor 222 - 235billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3324(3),
Milne 3240
MaximusCaesar 236-238billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3429(6),
Milne 3452
Gordian IIIEmperor 238-243billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3442(5),
Milne 3432
TranquillinaWife of Gordian IIIbillon tetradrachm
Emmett 3480(1),
Milne 3523
Philip IEmperor 244-249billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3583(2),
Milne 3530
Philip IICaesar 244-247billon tetradrachm
Emmett 3634(1),
Milne 3812
Trajan DeciusEmperor 249-251Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3864(3),
Milne -
VolusianEmperor 251-253Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3705(5),
Milne 3984
Valerian
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Emperor 253-260Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3789(1),
Milne 4054
QuietusUsurper in the East 260-261Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3804(10),
Milne 4079
Gallienus
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Emperor 253-268Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3851(15),
Milne 4182
Salonina
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Wife of GallienusÆ tetradrachm
Emmett 3776(7),
Milne 4047-8
SaloninusCaesar 255-259Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3764(5),
Milne 3981
Valerian IICaesar 256-258Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3883(2),
Milne 4240
Claudius II GothicusEmperor 268-270Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3926(4),
Milne 4391
Aurelian
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Emperor 270-275Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3967(6),
Milne 4442
SeverinaWife of AurelianÆ tetradrachm
Emmett 3914(LA/LΔ),
Milne 4308
VabalathusVir Clarissimus, Rex, Imperator, Dux Romanorum 270-271Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3971(1),
Milne 4490
TacitusEmperor 275-276Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3981(4),
Milne 4587
Probus
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Emperor 276-282Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 3999(1),
Milne 4670
CarusEmperor 282-283Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 4013(2 - A),
Milne 4699
Numerian
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Emperor 283-284Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 4007(2),
Milne 4701
Carinus
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Emperor 283-285Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 4089(7),
Milne 4968
Diocletian
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Emperor 284-305Æ tetradrachm
Emmett 4147(2),
Milne 4780
Maximian
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Emperor 286-305, 306-308, 310Æ tetradrachm


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Attributions are based on Keith Emmett's Alexandrian Coins and J. G. Milne's Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins.