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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 116-117 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A griffin seated to the left, rendered in the Hellenistic artistic tradition characteristic of Alexandrian provincial coinage, with its right forepaw resting upon a wheel. The griffin, a hybrid creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, was a well-established divine attribute associated with solar and chthonic symbolism in Egyptian-Greek religious iconography. The regnal date legend L Κ appears in the field, denoting the twentieth year of Trajan's reign. The flan is irregularly struck, with the device somewhat worn but the main type discernible. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (116-117) |
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