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Æ19 - Trajan L Ι
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 106-107 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#4195 |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing right atop a thunderbolt, wings fully outstretched in the heraldic manner typical of Alexandrian provincial coinage. The bird is depicted with head turned, conveying a sense of imperial power and divine authority as a symbol of Jupiter. The date legend appears in the field, rendered in Greek characters. The overall design is bold and characteristic of the Trajanic issues of the Alexandrian mint. |
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| Mint | Alexandria Mint (Egypt) |
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Year 10 of Trajan's reign in Egypt, which ran by the Alexandrian calendar from Thoth 1 — late August 106 CE. The Egyptian provincial bronze coinage operated entirely outside the imperial silver system; Alexandria maintained its own mint with its own dating conventions, issuing regnal-year pieces for local circulation in a closed currency zone that Rome deliberately kept separate from the denarius economy.