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Æ24 - Vespasian L Η
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 75-76 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Emperor Vespasian facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Alexandrian coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic features with a laurel wreath crowning the head. The Greek legend surrounds the effigy, reading partially around the circumference of the flan. The coin exhibits the somewhat irregular flan typical of hammered Alexandrian bronze issues of the Flavian period. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of the goddess Alexandria facing right, wearing the distinctive elephant-scalp headdress emblematic of this personification of the city. The figure is rendered in the local Alexandrian artistic tradition. The regnal year date appears in the field in the form of the Greek letter eta (Η) preceded by the date symbol L, indicating the eighth year of Vespasian's reign. The reverse field is otherwise plain, with the date legend concisely placed. |
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| Reverse lettering | L Η (Translation: of year 8) |
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