Æ32 - Hadrian L Γ

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.