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AR24 - Severus Alexander L Η
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 228-229 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse lettering | L Η |
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| Mintage | ND (228-229) |
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Dated to regnal year 8 of Severus Alexander — confirmed by the L Η notation — this tetradrachm belongs to a reign remarkable for its administrative stability after the chaos of Elagabalus. The Alexandrian mint operated under a distinct monetary system entirely separate from the Roman imperial coinage, producing billon tetradrachms as the dominant denomination for Egyptian circulation from which no coin could legally leave the province under Rome's strict currency exchange controls.
Year 8 issues are well-attested across the major collections, with the Dattari corpus remaining the foundational reference for this reign's Alexandrian output.