Alexandria's civic bronze issues under Antoninus Pius are dated by regnal year using Greek numerals, and the "L Ε" designation here indicates Year 5 of his reign — a dating convention peculiar to Egypt's administrative calendar, which ran from late August and did not align with the Roman calendar year. The question mark on the date reflects a genuine ambiguity in the numeral's legibility rather than editorial caution about attribution.
Alexandria's civic bronze issues under Antoninus Pius are dated by regnal year using Greek numerals, and the "L Ε" designation here indicates Year 5 of his reign — a dating convention peculiar to Egypt's administrative calendar, which ran from late August and did not align with the Roman calendar year. The question mark on the date reflects a genuine ambiguity in the numeral's legibility rather than editorial caution about attribution.