294 NGC Ch VF Maximian Tetradrachm Egypt Alexandria Elpis Happiness Mint Error (21090201C)
Dated Emperor Maximian Alexandria Roman Egypt billon tetradrachm coin.
Minted in the 10th (L I) Alexandrian year for Maximian which corresponds to A.D. 294/5.
The date is presented retrograde as I L (L is reversed), a mint error! Correct date presentation should be L I.
7.13g, Emmett 4114/10 (does not reference the date error).
Certified by NGC to Ch VF.
Reverse Elpis standing left holding apple and lifting skirt. Elpis is the Greek personification and Goddess of Happiness. In Roman mythology her equivalent was Felicitas.
