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AR24 - Antoninus Pius L Δ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 140-141 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius facing left, with the emperor's characteristic full beard and mature portrait style. The effigy is rendered in the Alexandrian provincial tradition, with drapery visible at the shoulder truncation. The surrounding Greek legend reads ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ, identifying the emperor by his full titulature in abbreviated form. The die work reflects the competent but often somewhat rough execution typical of the Alexandrian mint in the Antonine period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Year four of Antoninus Pius's reign — the regnal year indicated by the L Δ — fell squarely within one of the most administratively stable periods Roman Egypt had seen in generations. Antoninus never visited the province, governing it entirely through the prefect, yet Egyptian coinage continued its own closed currency system: billon tetradrachms were not accepted outside Egypt, and foreign silver could not circulate within it. The monetary isolation was deliberate, enforced since Augustus, and kept the Roman treasury extracting maximum value from the province's grain wealth.
Dattari 2896 is among the better-documented die references for this regnal year, with Milne's excavation records from Karanis providing the bulk of find context for the type.