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AR24 - Trajan L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 102-103 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Trajan facing right, rendered in the provincial Alexandrian style. The effigy displays a radiate laurel wreath crown with finely articulated curls framing the imperial portrait. The surrounding Greek legend reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, abbreviating his imperial titulature as Autocrator Caesar Nerva Traianus Sebastos Germanicus. The flan is irregular and the strike slightly off-centre, characteristic of Alexandrian tetradrachm production of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, depicted advancing to the left in flowing drapery, her wings spread prominently behind her. In her extended right hand she holds a victor's wreath, while her left hand carries a long palm branch over her shoulder, both attributes symbolising imperial triumph. The regnal year date L Ϛ (Year 6, corresponding to 102-103 AD) appears in the left field. The reverse is bordered by a beaded inner circle, and the overall composition is characteristic of the Alexandrian civic tetradrachm series under Trajan. |
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| Mintage | ND (102-103) |
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