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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 89-90 |
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| Weight | 9.92 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of the emperor Domitian 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. A circular Greek legend runs around the periphery of the flan, reading the imperial titulature. The flan is irregularly shaped, as typical of hammered Alexandrian bronzes of the Flavian period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus) |
| Reverse description | Draped bust of the goddess Isis facing right, depicted with her characteristic attributes including the distinctive knotted Isiac garment at the breast. The goddess is shown with her typical headdress. The regnal year legend is distributed around the field in Greek characters, indicating this issue belongs to the ninth year of Domitian's reign as reckoned by the Alexandrian calendar. The reverse field shows the typical flat relief of provincial Alexandrian bronze coinage. |
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