The Shops of the Roman mint of Alexandria

During the fourth century A.D. the coins issued from the different mints of the Roman empire commonly bore, in addition to the name of the city where the mint was situated, a letter or number indicating the particular shop of the mint in which each coin was struck. In a recent article I made a study of the tetradrachms issued at Alexandria during the first twelve years of the reign of Diocletian— i.e. till the date when the Egyptian currency was assimilated to that of the rest of the empire—to see what evidence could be found as to the existence of marks distinguishing the shops in this series: and I propose now to pass the whole of the Roman tetradrachm issues of Alexandria in brief review for the same purpose

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