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Æ32 - Hadrian L Γ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 118-119 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Dionysus, the god of wine, depicted standing or riding rightward in a biga drawn by two panthers. The dynamic composition shows the panther biga in motion to the right, with the deity rendered in the Alexandrian artistic tradition. The regnal year date appears in the field in the form of the Egyptian dating formula. The reverse design reflects the strong Hellenistic religious iconography characteristic of Alexandrian coinage under the Antonine emperors. |
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Year 3 of Hadrian's reign corresponds to his first major administrative visit to Egypt's bureaucratic machinery from Rome — he would not physically visit Alexandria until 130 AD, but the early provincial coinage was already recalibrating its dating system to his accession. Alexandrian bronzes of this regnal year are notable for the density of types issued simultaneously, a function of the city's mint producing multiple parallel series rather than a single unified emission. The L Γ date formula is the standard Alexandrian regnal notation, with Γ marking the third year.