Æ33 - Trajan L ΙΘ

Year 19 of Trajan's reign corresponded to a moment of maximum imperial overreach — Roman forces were simultaneously pushing into Mesopotamia and suppressing a massive Jewish revolt across Egypt, Cyprus, and Cyrene known as the Kitos War. Alexandria itself was badly destabilized by that revolt, with significant destruction reported in the city. That the Alexandrian mint continued producing dated bronzes through this turbulence is itself a minor logistical fact worth noting.

Egyptian provincial bronzes of this size were demonetized and largely melted after Diocletian's currency reforms of 296 AD, which accounts for the survival gaps in the series.