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AR23 - Elagabalus L Δ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 220-221 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ϹΟΑΙΜΙΑϹ ϹΕΒ |
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| Mintage | ND (220-221) |
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Elagabalus proved a catastrophic choice for the Alexandrian population — his reign brought renewed pressure to conform to his solar cult centered on the Emesene deity Elagabal, a religious imposition that sat uneasily in a city already managing a complex layering of Greek, Egyptian, and Jewish religious traditions. The regnal year Δ (year 4) places this tetradrachm in 220–221 AD, just two years before the Praetorian Guard murdered him and dragged his body through the streets of Rome.
Milne 2845 is among the better-documented varieties for this year from the Dattari collection records.