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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 90-91 |
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| Weight | 7.81 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Domitian facing right, rendered in the provincial Alexandrian style. The emperor's effigy displays a laurel wreath crown and aegis or drapery at the truncation. The circumferential Greek legend surrounds the portrait within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus) |
| Reverse description | A serpent coiled upon the back of a prancing horse leaping to the left, depicted in high relief against a plain field. The horse is shown with forelegs raised and tail extended, while the serpent rears upward in sinuous form above the animal's back. Below the central device, the regnal year date is inscribed in the field in Greek numerals. |
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