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AR24 - Severus Alexander L ΙΑ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 231-232 |
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| Reference(s) | Köln 2520; Dattari 4268; Emmett 3139.11 |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Homonoia, goddess of concord and harmony, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left, holding a double cornucopia in her left arm as an emblem of abundance, while raising her right hand in a gesture of salutation or offering. A palm branch appears in the left field, serving as a symbol of victory and prosperity. The regnal year legend L ΙΑ (Year 11) appears in the field, dating the issue to the eleventh year of Severus Alexander's reign according to the Alexandrian Egyptian calendar. |
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Year 11 of Severus Alexander's reign corresponds to a moment of mounting pressure on the eastern frontier — Ardashir I had established the Sasanian dynasty in 224 and was actively testing Roman border defenses throughout the late 220s and early 230s. The emperor himself would depart for the Persian campaign in 232, making this regnal year almost precisely the eve of that mobilization. Alexandrian billon tetradrachms of this period circulated as the dominant fiduciary currency in Egypt, a province that maintained its own closed monetary system entirely separate from the imperial silver coinage used elsewhere in the Roman world.