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Æ34 - Antoninus Pius L Ζ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 143-144 |
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| Weight | 24.43 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A tetrastyle or distyle temple façade with two prominent columns frames a cult statue of Hermanubis, the syncretic Graeco-Egyptian deity, depicted standing and holding a caduceus and a palm-leaf. At the base of the statue, a recumbent jackal — the sacred animal of Anubis — is shown, accompanied by a small figure of Elpis (Hope). The reverse date legend appears in the field, recording regnal year 7 of Antoninus Pius. The composition reflects the rich religious syncretism of Roman Alexandria. |
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Year 7 of Antoninus Pius's reign corresponds to the Egyptian regnal year LZ, the dating system Alexandria's mint used consistently throughout the imperial period. The Alexandrian bronze series under Antoninus is unusually extensive — he ruled long enough that the mint cycled through a remarkable range of reverse types across seventeen regnal years, making year-by-year attribution critical for any serious cataloging of the series.