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AR23 - Antoninus Pius L ΙΔ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 150-151 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Year 14 of Antoninus Pius's reign marked a moment of relative administrative stability in Roman Egypt, where the Alexandria mint operated under tight imperial oversight through the prefect's office. The billon tetradrachms of this period were produced to a debased silver standard that had been declining steadily since the Flavians — by the mid-second century the silver content was low enough that Alexandrian coinage was effectively a local fiduciary currency, legally inconvertible outside Egypt's borders.
Dattari 2956 is well-documented across multiple collections, placing this among the more traceable types in the Year 14 sequence.