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Æ34 - Hadrian L ΕΝΝΕΑΚ·Δ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 134-135 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#5993 |
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| Reverse lettering | L ΕΝΝΕΑΚ·Δ (Translation: of the 19th year) |
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| Mintage | ND (134-135) |
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The regnal year marker on this piece — year 19 of Hadrian's reign — places it squarely within the period following his second visit to Egypt in 130 AD, a tour that coincided with the drowning of his companion Antinous in the Nile and the founding of Antinoöpolis. The Alexandrian mint was politically attentive to imperial visits, and output from the years immediately following reflects that heightened engagement with Rome.
Alexandrian bronzes of this size were the workhorse denomination of Egyptian daily commerce, a province that maintained its own closed currency system — Roman coins could not legally circulate there without being exchanged at the border.