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Æ12 - Hadrian L Β
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 117-118 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#5126 |
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| Reverse lettering | L Β (Translation: of year 2) |
| Edge | Plain |
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This piece dates to Hadrian's first regnal year in Egypt — a moment of genuine administrative uncertainty. Trajan died in August 117 before his return from the Parthian campaigns, and the succession was managed largely by Plotina, whose role in securing Hadrian's adoption remains disputed by ancient sources. Egyptian dating by regnal year meant Alexandrian mints had to reckon immediately with the new reign, producing small transitional issues before the machinery of imperial iconography fully caught up.