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Æ35 - Antoninus Pius L Η

Issuer Alexandria (Egypt)
Year 144-145
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Shape Round (irregular)
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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 eight of Antoninus Pius's reign — rendered as L Η in Alexandrian dating convention — places this issue squarely within the most stable and prosperous decade of his twenty-three-year rule. The Alexandria mint operated under Roman prefectural authority but retained its own regnal year system, producing a distinct bronze coinage entirely separate from Rome's output. Alexandrian bronzes of this size circulated within Egypt only; export was effectively prohibited under Roman monetary policy, which kept the provincial coinage isolated from the imperial system.

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