Æ33 - Trajan L Κ

This piece dates to Trajan's twentieth regnal year — the final year of his reign — issued as he was returning from the Parthian campaign having pushed Roman territorial control to its greatest extent. He died in Cilicia in August 117 before reaching Rome, making coins struck in year 20 among the last Alexandrian bronzes produced under him. The Alexandrian mint dated issues by regnal year rather than consular year, a practice that makes precise attribution here unusually reliable.