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AR24 - Commodus ΡωΜΑΙωΝ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΑ L ΛΓ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 192-193 |
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| Weight | 12.04 g |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Year 33 of Commodus's reign in the Egyptian reckoning — L ΛΓ — places this coin in the final months before his assassination on the last day of 192 AD, strangled in his bath by the wrestler Narcissus after a poisoning attempt by his mistress Marcia failed. The Alexandria mint continued striking under the old regnal year briefly into the transitional period, which creates genuine ambiguity in dating some late issues of this type.
Commodus's identification with Hercules was not merely iconographic vanity; he had formally renamed Rome "Colonia Commodiana" and styled himself the god incarnate in official documents. The Alexandrian series reflects that imperial theology with unusual consistency across the L ΛΓ issues.