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Æ35 - Trajan L ΙΓ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 109-110 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A triumphal arch, identified as the Arch of Nero, depicted in three-quarter perspective view, displaying its characteristic multi-bay architectural structure. A statue of Mars is shown standing within a central niche of the arch. This reverse type is a notable commemorative design appearing on Alexandrian coinage of Trajan's regnal year 13, and is of considerable historical interest as one of the few numismatic depictions of this monument. The regnal date legend L ΙΓ (Year 13) appears in the field. |
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Year 13 of Trajan's reign in Egypt — 109/110 CE — falls squarely within the Dacian Wars period, when Trajan was consolidating victory after the second Dacian campaign concluded in 106. Alexandria's mint continued operating under the prefect of Egypt, functionally independent from the Roman senatorial provinces, issuing regnal-year bronze on a calendar tied to the Egyptian fiscal year beginning in late summer. The LΙΓ date formula is the mint's standard method of anchoring the issue to that administrative calendar rather than to the Roman consular year.