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Æ33 - Trajan L Κ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 116-117 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Emperor Trajan standing in a quadriga advancing to the right, depicted laureate and clad in a toga. He holds an eagle-tipped sceptre in one hand and a branch in the other, emblematic of imperial triumph and divine favour. The four horses of the quadriga are shown in dynamic forward motion. The regnal year legend L Κ (year 20) appears in the field, following standard Alexandrian dating convention. |
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Kosher year 20 of Trajan's reign — rendered as L Κ in the Egyptian regnal dating system — places this issue in the final stretch of his rule, when the emperor was campaigning deep into Mesopotamia and would never return to Rome alive. He died at Selinus in Cilicia in August 117, making coins dated L Κ among the last Alexandrian bronzes struck under his name while he still lived.