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Æ26 - Augustus ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
| Uitgever | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Jaar | 19 BC - 4 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bare head of Augustus facing right, rendered in a naturalistic Hellenistic portrait style typical of Alexandrian provincial coinage. The emperor's hair is depicted in short, layered locks arranged across the forehead. The legend ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ appears in the field, the Greek equivalent of the Latin title Augustus. The portrait is boldly struck and centrally placed within the flan. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ (Translation: Augustus) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Alexandria's civic bronze coinage under Augustus occupied an unusual administrative niche: Egypt was not a senatorial province but the personal property of the emperor, governed by a prefect of equestrian rank rather than a senator — a deliberate Augustan policy to keep its enormous grain revenues out of the hands of the Roman aristocracy. The mint at Alexandria operated accordingly, producing a Greek-language imperial coinage entirely distinct from the Roman system, with denominations calibrated to local Egyptian monetary tradition rather than the Roman denominational structure.
The Greek spelling ΚΑΙΣΑΡ rather than the Latin CAESAR marks this as issued for a population whose administrative language remained Greek three centuries after Alexander's conquest.