Æ12 - Trajan L ΙΓ

Year 13 of Trajan's reign in Egypt — 109/110 AD — falls squarely within the period of his Dacian Wars, when imperial attention and resources were concentrated far to the north. Alexandrian bronze coinage of this size was the working currency of the Egyptian street market, and the III#4495 type is among the smaller denominations struck under the prefectural administration that governed Egypt as an imperial estate rather than a senatorial province. Direct senatorial access to Egypt was legally prohibited; even Roman senators required the emperor's personal permission to visit.