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Æ33 - 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 | Euthenia, personification of prosperity and abundance in Egypt, seated left upon a throne, holding stalks of grain in her extended right hand and a long sceptre in her left. Her left arm rests upon a sphinx mounted on a decorated basis or pedestal. Several small genii figures appear in the field around the central composition, a distinctive feature of Alexandrian civic iconography. The regnal date legend L ΙΒ (Year 12) appears in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | L ΙΒ (Translation: of year 12) |
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Year 12 of Trajan's reign in Egypt — 108/109 AD — falls squarely within the Dacian War period, though Alexandrian civic bronzes of this year were struck under Roman prefectural administration with no direct connection to the military campaigns. The Alexandria mint operated on a regnal year system tied to the Egyptian calendar, reset each Thoth 1, which is why dating these pieces requires converting to the dual-year format rather than a single Roman consular year.
The Æ33 module is among the larger denominations in the Alexandrian bronze sequence for this reign. Specimens from this precise regnal year are not rare, but attrition through corrosion in the Nile Delta soil means problem-free surfaces are uncommon.