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Æ20 - Domitian L ΕΝΑΤ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 89-90 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A griffin seated to the right, depicted with folded wings and one forepaw resting upon a wheel, a motif closely associated with Nemesis and divine retribution in Alexandrian iconography. The creature is rendered in typical provincial style with schematic but recognizable detail. The regnal year date appears in the exergue in Greek numeral notation, identifying this issue as struck in the ninth year of Domitian's reign. |
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| Reverse lettering | L ΕΝΑΤ (Translation: of the ninth year) |
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Domitian's ninth regnal year in Egypt — the dating system the Alexandrian mint used rather than Roman consular notation — places this piece in a reign increasingly defined by senatorial terror and the so-called "Reign of Terror" that preceded his assassination in 96 AD. The Alexandrian bronze series of this period was prolific, produced to serve a province whose monetization needs Rome supplied largely through local civic coinage rather than imperial silver.
The L ΕΝΑΤ dating formula, marking year nine, is the mint's own shorthand — lambda for "year" followed by the Greek ordinal.