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ROME EGYPT,ALEXANDRIA TETRADRACHM (c.225 - c.300 CE),LARGE EAGLE RIGHT,PORTRAIT
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ROME EGYPT,ALEXANDRIA TETRADRACHM (c.225 - c.300 CE),LARGE EAGLE RIGHT,PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR,COINS WERE STRUCK AT ALEXANDRIA IN THE NILE DELTAWEIGHT:8.8g
SIZE:19.4mm
METAL:BRONZE
Egypt was the empires second richest province but it was also the personal domain of the emperor, within which he ruled as a direct successor of Cleopatra and all the Pharaohs before her. These coins were struck at Alexandria in the Nile delta. A city founded by Alexander the Great, where Greek, native Egyptian and Roman culture blended. The Pharaohs or Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.