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Æ23 - Caracalla COL ALEXA AVG
| Issuer | Alexandria Troas (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 198-217 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Caracalla facing right, depicted from the rear in the characteristic back-view presentation. The imperial effigy is rendered in the provincial style typical of the Troad mint, with the laurel wreath and military cuirass clearly indicated. The obverse legend encircles the bust in Latin capitals. |
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| Obverse lettering | M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AV |
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Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony established under Augustus and refounded under Constantine, but its colonial coinage — struck continuously through the Severan period — reflects an unusual municipal pride in that colonial status. The COL ALEXA designation on issues like this one was not merely administrative shorthand; it was a deliberate assertion of Roman identity by a city that had once been seriously considered by Julius Caesar as a potential capital of the empire.