The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Alexandria
Egypt
View Larger MapDescription of institution: Founded c. 331 BCE by Alexander the Great, it became an important centre of the Hellenistic civilization and remained the capital of Hellenistic and Roman & Byzantine Egypt for almost one thousand years until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in CE 641.
Coinage: mint abbreviations: AL, ALE
"Until the reforms of Diocletian the mint at Alexandria struck its own coinage. After AD 295 it produced coinage to the same pattern as the rest of the Roman mints. 4th century issues distinguished by the AL or ALE mintmark are rare as UK finds" (finds.org.uk). URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria People associated with this location: Athanasius of Alexandria, Saint (296–298-2 May 373) - Lived at or near
Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 90-c. 170) - Residence at
Other Links: finds.org.uk/romancoins/mints/mint/id/4 -