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AR24 - Marcus Aurelius ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ L Α
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 161 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ L Α |
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| Mint | Alexandria (ancient), Egypt (332 BC - 476 AD) |
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This tetradrachm belongs to the first regnal year of Marcus Aurelius as sole emperor following the death of Antoninus Pius in March 161 — the same year he immediately elevated Lucius Verus as co-emperor, a deliberate break from the single-ruler model that had held for decades. The ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ (Homonoia) type was no accident: it was Alexandria's pointed acknowledgment of that dyarchic arrangement, invoking the concept of concord between the two rulers at the precise moment it needed establishing.
Egyptian tetradrachms of L Α (year one) issues are typically among the scarcer regnal dates, struck in the narrow window before mint output ramped up for a new reign.