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The one is the Alexandrian school of poetry and science, the other the Alexandrian school of philosophy.
Thus we have two poems of Aratus, who, though not resident at Alexandria, was so thoroughly imbued with the Alexandrian spirit as to be with reason included in the school; the one is an essay on astronomy, the other an account of the signs of the weather.
Before the Alexandrians had begun to produce original works, their researches were directed towards the masterpieces of ancient Greek literature.
The reverse type is one of those ordinarily used by the Alexandrian mint in the first three years of Vespasian ; but the obverse is not : the regular legend on the Alexandrian tetradrachms of this emperor is, in year 1, ΑΥΤΤΙΤΦΛΑΥΙΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΚΑΙΣ, and in year 2 and later, ΑΥΤΟΚΚΑΙΣΣΕΒΑΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ.
The Alexandrian bronze issues, which run in a fairly regular series through the first two centuries of Roman dominion, appear to fall into five denominations, the normal sizes of which are respectively about 14, 19, 24, 29, and 34 mm.
Alexandrian coins of the later years of Severus are very rare, and those that are known are for the most part in poor condition; so there is little material for restoring the legends by comparison.
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