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AR24 - Antoninus Pius L ΚΒ
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Administration (Alexandria Mint) |
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| Year | 158-159 |
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| Reference(s) | Emmett 1428.22; Dattari 2982; Milne 2329 |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ(Β) |
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| Mintage | ND (158-159) |
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Year 22 of Antoninus Pius's reign — 158-159 AD — falls deep into one of the most administratively stable periods Roman Egypt ever experienced. The Alexandria mint was producing tetradrachms at a controlled, systematic pace under prefectural oversight, and the billon alloy by this point had degraded significantly from the near-pure silver of early imperial Alexandrian issues. Nero's debasement a century earlier had set that trajectory irreversibly in motion.
The Emmett 1428.22 is not a rare type, but year 22 pieces in collectible condition are modestly harder to locate than mid-reign dates.