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Æ34 - Antoninus Pius L Ε
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 141-142 |
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| Weight | 22.40 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-necked, laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the Alexandrian provincial style with finely detailed wreath and naturalistically modeled facial features. The imperial effigy occupies the central field, with the Greek legend disposed around the periphery. The portrait displays the characteristic mature beard and slightly idealized physiognomy associated with Antonine coinage from the Alexandria mint. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, typical of Egyptian provincial bronze issues of the mid-second century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Year five of Antoninus Pius's reign — rendered here as LΕ in the Alexandrian regnal dating system — places this piece in a period of studied administrative calm. The Alexandria mint operated under the prefect of Egypt as a closed currency system: Roman coins did not circulate freely in Egypt, and Egyptian issues did not leave. This tetradrachm-weight bronze served purely local exchange, its validity ending at the province's borders.