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Æ25 - Vespasian L Α
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 69 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Vespasian facing right, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Alexandrian bronze coinage. The emperor's effigy displays the laurel wreath and characteristic mature facial features associated with Flavian portraiture. The surrounding field carries the Greek imperial titulature legend. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered provincial issues of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Vespasian's first Egyptian regnal year (L Α) covers his proclamation at Alexandria on July 1, 69 AD — the city where his bid for emperor effectively began, with Tiberius Julius Alexander, prefect of Egypt, declaring for him before any other province moved. Egypt's grain supply gave that early allegiance real strategic weight, and the Alexandrian mint responded quickly, issuing bronze for local circulation under a dating system tied to the Egyptian calendar rather than tribunician years.