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Æ16 - Augustus ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 19 BC - 4 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ, Κ (Translation: Augustus Caesar) |
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| Mintage | ND (19 BC - 4 BC) |
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Augustus never held the title of Pharaoh, yet the Alexandrian mint issued coinage in his name that functioned within a closed currency system — Egypt remained a private imperial province, barred to senators without the emperor's explicit permission, and its coinage was deliberately kept non-convertible with the rest of the Roman world. This bronze circulated only within Egypt's borders, part of a monetary quarantine that Augustus maintained to keep the province's enormous grain wealth under direct personal control.