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Æ32 - Trajan L ΙΒ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 108-109 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Sarapis, wearing a kalathos (modius) on his head, depicted as a bust riding in a biga drawn by two oxen moving to the right. The composition reflects the syncretic Alexandrian religious tradition, blending Egyptian and Greco-Roman iconography. The regnal year date appears in the upper right field in Greek numerals. |
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| Reverse lettering | L ΙΒ (Translation: of year 12) |
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Year 12 of Trajan's reign in Egypt — L ΙΒ in the regnal dating system Alexandria used in place of consular or tribunician reckoning. The Alexandrian mint operated under direct imperial supervision but maintained distinctly local administrative traditions, including this Egyptian dating practice that sets its output apart from every other Roman provincial mint.