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Æ Horse, Alexandria Troas
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas |
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| Year | 138-268 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | A horse standing and feeding to the right, its head lowered toward foliage or ground vegetation, depicted in a naturalistic provincial style within a dotted border. The colonial legend is arranged in two lines, divided above and below the horse in the field, referencing the Colonia Augusta of Troas. |
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| Mintage | ND (138-268) - SNG von Aulock 7552; SNG Stockholm 2163 (Var. reverse: Frank Sternberg AG, 35, Lot 267) |
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Alexandria Troas issued bronze coinage continuously under the Antonines and Severans as a Roman colony with the formal title Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas, which granted it the ius Italicum and the right to mint in bronze independently. The horse type referenced here ties directly to the city's association with the legendary horses of the Troad — a regional identity the colonists cultivated deliberately. RPC IX 531 places this issue within a broad span covering multiple reigns, and die studies have shown the type was restruck across administrations with minimal modification to the reverse die.