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AR25 - Severus Alexander L Ζ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 227-228 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Reverse description | The emperor depicted on horseback advancing to the left, seated in military attire and wielding a transverse sceptre surmounted by an eagle finial, while raising his right hand in a gesture of imperial salute. The equestrian composition conveys the martial authority of the emperor and reflects the Alexandrian workshop's characteristic treatment of the military type. The regnal year date appears in the field in Greek numerals. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Alexandria's billon tetradrachms of this period were struck under the Roman imperial administration of Egypt, which maintained a closed currency system — provincial coinage could not legally circulate outside Egypt, and foreign coinage could not circulate within it. The "L Ζ" in the designation is not a mintmaster's mark but a regnal year notation, here indicating Year 7 of Severus Alexander's reign, a dating convention unique to Alexandrian issues that allows precise dating otherwise impossible in most Roman provincial series.