Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
AR20 - Aurelian L Δ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
|---|---|
| Year | 272-273 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD) |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Alexandria's mint was operating under unusual political pressure during this precise regnal year. Aurelian had only just retaken Egypt from the breakaway Palmyrene kingdom in 272, ending roughly two years of Zenobia's effective control over the province — and with it, control of Rome's critical grain supply. These billon tetradrachms were among the first imperial issues struck at Alexandria after its reintegration, produced while Aurelian was simultaneously campaigning to reunify the fragmented empire's western half.
The L Δ regnal date — year four of Aurelian's reign by Alexandrian reckoning — places this piece in a narrow window before the mint's output shifted again following Aurelian's murder in 275.