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Æ34 - Antoninus Pius L ΤΡΙϹΚΑΙΔΕ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 149-150 |
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| Weight | 21.62 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Year 14 of Antoninus Pius — the regnal year encoded in the Greek ΤΡΙΣΚΑΙΔΕ obverse legend — places this strike at a moment of relative administrative calm in Egypt, the empire's most tightly controlled province. The prefect answered directly to the emperor, not the Senate, and Alexandria's mint operated accordingly: a closed monetary system in which Roman-standard coinage was exchanged at the border and Egyptian provincials circulated exclusively within Egypt's borders.
The large module of this piece was not vanity — it matched specific weight targets within Alexandria's debased bronze hierarchy, distinct from the Roman æs system entirely.