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Æ19 - Antoninus Pius L ΙΓ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 149-150 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus) |
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| Mintage | ND (149-150) |
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Year 13 of Antoninus Pius's reign, which this coin dates to by its regnal dating formula, fell during one of the more administratively stable decades of the entire Principate — a fact that makes Alexandrian bronze issues from this period abundant rather than rare. The imperial mint at Alexandria functioned as Egypt's sole legal monetary authority, a monopoly enforced since Augustus converted the Ptolemaic system into a closed currency zone that barred standard Roman coinage from circulation within the province.
Egypt's closed currency system persisted into the third century, meaning these bronzes saw exclusively local use.