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Æ24 - Augustus L ΜΑ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 11-12 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC Online I#5068 |
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| Reverse description | A prominent oak wreath, depicted with individual leaves and tied at the base, encircles the central field in the typical Augustan civic crown motif. Within the wreath, the Greek date formula L ΜΑ (regnal year 41) is inscribed in two lines at centre, denoting the 41st year of Augustus's reign corresponding to 11–12 CE. The die is crudely cut in the provincial manner characteristic of Alexandrian bronze coinage. The flan edges are irregular and the surface shows heavy patination and encrustation throughout. |
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| Mint | Alexandria |
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Alexandria's civic bronze issues under Augustus were governed by a regnal year system tied not to Roman consular dates but to the Egyptian calendar, making year L ΜΑ — year 41 of Augustus's reign — one of the later emissions in a long provincial sequence that continued until his death in AD 14. Egypt was administered as a personal imperial province, off-limits to senators, its grain surplus too strategically critical to risk senatorial interference. Provincial bronze circulated locally and was never legal tender outside Egypt.