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AR22 - Antoninus Pius L ΙϚ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 152-153 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius facing left, with the paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The emperor's mature, bearded portrait is rendered in the characteristic Alexandrian provincial style. The encircling Greek legend reads ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor with his honorific epithet Eusebès (Pious). |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ |
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Year 16 of Antoninus Pius's reign marked one of the more administratively stable periods in Roman Egypt — no revolt, no flood failure on record, no monetary crisis. Alexandria's billon tetradrachm coinage by this point had been debased well below its nominal silver content for generations, a slide that began under Nero and never reversed. The mint operated as an essentially closed currency system; Egyptian provincials could not export these coins, and foreign silver could not circulate locally without re-minting through the Alexandrian facility.
Dattari 2811 places this among the better-documented types of the reign, with Milne's excavation records from Karanis providing actual archaeological find context rare for provincial issues.