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Æ12 - Hadrian L ΙΘ

Issuer Alexandria (Egypt)
Year 134-135
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Reference(s) RPC III#6084
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Obverse script Greek
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Mintage ND (134-135)
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Year 19 of Hadrian's reign corresponded to his second extended stay in Egypt, a visit that began in 130 AD and left an outsized administrative mark on the province. Alexandria's mint produced an unusually wide range of bronze fractions during this period, partly in response to Hadrian's personal interest in the city — he refounded nearby Antinoöpolis that same year following the drowning of Antinoüs in the Nile. The L ΙΘ dating formula, standard to Alexandrian bronzes, anchors this piece precisely within that charged political moment.

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