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Æ20 - Domitian L ΙΔ (in exergue)
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 94-95 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Domitian facing left, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Alexandrian coinage. The imperial effigy is depicted with a wreath of laurel, consistent with the emperor's titulature as Augustus and Germanicus. The encircling Greek legend occupies the field around the portrait, identifying the emperor by his full titulature. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Domitian's fourteenth regnal year, which this coin marks in its exergue, fell just before his assassination in September 96 AD — a murder organized within his own household, involving his wife Domitia. The Alexandrian mint continued striking his types through the full year with no apparent disruption, making coins of L ΙΔ relatively common by late Domitianic standards. The Senate's subsequent damnatio memoriae had no practical effect on Egyptian provincial issues already in circulation.