Æ24 - Caracalla COL ALEXA AVG

Alexandria Troas was a Roman colony — Colonia Alexandria Augusta — founded by Antigonus in the late 4th century BC and refounded under Augustus, which accounts for the colonial titulature on its bronze civic issues. Under Caracalla, the city held particular strategic relevance: he traveled through the Troad region during his eastern campaigns, and ancient sources including Herodian suggest he had a personal obsession with Alexander the Great that made cities bearing Alexander's name ideologically useful. Whether that sentiment translated into direct imperial favor for this mint is uncertain, but the colonial bronze series continued robustly through his reign.