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AR24 - Antoninus Pius L Η
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 144-145 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered with characteristic curly hair and short beard in the Antonine style. The portrait is naturalistically modelled with strong facial features, the bust truncated at the shoulder. The peripheral Greek legend reads ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Antoninus Augustus Pius, distributed around the obverse field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ |
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Year 8 of Antoninus Pius's reign, which places this tetradrachm in the middle of his notably stable 23-year rule — a period when Alexandria's mint was producing at high volume to supply one of the empire's most monetarily active provinces. Egypt operated as a closed currency zone under Roman administration, meaning imported silver coinage was exchanged at the border and provincial tetradrachms circulated exclusively within Egypt. Coins like this one never legally left the country during their working life.