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Æ19 - Antoninus Pius L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 145-146 |
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| Weight | 5.52 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Hadrian Antoninus) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The regnal year designation L ΕΝΑΤΟΥ — "year nine" — places this issue squarely in 145/146 AD, during a period when Alexandrian civic bronze was being struck in unusually high volumes to support the grain economy of Roman Egypt. The prefecture's mint operated under tight imperial oversight; local bronzes circulated almost exclusively within Egypt, functioning as a closed currency system that never left the province.