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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 149-150 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | L ΤΡΙϹΚΑΙ (Translation: of the 13th year) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Year 13 of Antoninus Pius's reign — the regnal year indicated by the L on the obverse — places this squarely in a period of administrative stability in Roman Egypt, where Alexandria's mint operated under strict prefectural oversight rather than as an independent civic authority. Egyptian provincial bronzes of this period were not interchangeable with Roman Imperial coinage; they circulated exclusively within Egypt's closed monetary system, barred from export by Roman law.