Watch List notes:

The Roman Empire

Diocletian, 284 – 305. Octodrachm, Alexandria 298, Æ 7.71 g. DIOCLETI – ANVS AVG Radiate head of Diocletian r. Rev. MAXIMI – ANVS AVG Radiate head of Maximianus r. RIC 338 (Siscia) and pl. X, 6 (these dies). Dattari - Savio, pl. 282 10626 and tav. xxxx, 10625 (this coin illustrated). G. Staffieri, Testimonianze sulla fine della monetazione autonoma alessandrina (296-298 d.C.), in Proceedings of the 13th International Numismatic Congress (Madrid, 2005), –.
Very rare. Brown tone, surface somewhat porous, otherwise very fine
Ex Hess-Divo sale 324, 2013, 76. From the Dattari and Herold collections. From the George C. Hopkins collection.