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AR24 - Hadrian L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 121-122 |
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| Weight | 12.53 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Year six of Hadrian's reign coincided with the early phase of his extraordinary tour of the eastern provinces — a journey that would eventually take him through Egypt itself, though not until 130 AD. Alexandria's mint was already producing coins in his honor well before his arrival, operating under the administrative machinery of Roman Egypt, where the prefect's authority made the province effectively a personal estate of the emperor, off-limits to senators without imperial permission. The billon tetradrachm series from this mint ran on the Egyptian lunar calendar, making regnal year six a tighter dating window than most Roman provincial issues allow.