Æ23 - Hadrian L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ

Year 11 of Hadrian's reign corresponded to his extended tour of the eastern provinces, a journey that transformed imperial coinage across the Greek-speaking world. Alexandria's mint, operating under strict prefectural oversight, dated its bronzes by regnal year rather than consular formula — a practice rooted in the Ptolemaic fiscal calendar that Roman administration never bothered to dismantle. ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ simply means "of the eleventh," the genitive form of the year count still tethered to the old Egyptian administrative rhythm.