Æ Horse, Alexandria Troas

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.