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Æ14 - Antoninus Pius L ΚΒ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 158-159 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, with traces of drapery visible at the shoulder truncation. The portrait is rendered in the typical Alexandrian provincial style, with broad facial features and a wreath of laurel encircling the head. The flan is small and irregular, resulting in a tight, unbordered composition with no visible legend. Surface patination and wear obscure finer details of the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | The headdress of Isis (the so-called 'throne' or basileion) depicted centrally within the field, consisting of a horned solar disc set upon a stylised throne or platform, flanked by two feathered plumes with striated detailing. The device is rendered in a schematic Alexandrian manner typical of small-module bronze coinage. The regnal date legend L ΚΒ (Year 22) appears flanking the device to left and right, though partially legible due to the compact flan. |
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Year 22 of Antoninus Pius's reign — 158/159 AD — fell deep into one of the most administratively stable periods the Roman Empire would ever see. Alexandria's civic bronze issues of this regnal year were struck in substantial numbers to serve local Egyptian transaction needs, as Roman imperial coinage did not circulate at par with the sealed Ptolemaic-derived currency system Egypt maintained behind its monetary frontier. That isolation is precisely why Alexandrian bronzes survive as a coherent series: they couldn't leave.