Head of Alexandria: What A Coin Can Tell Us About Roman Foreign Policy in the 1st Century BCE

This paper is a deep dive into a specific roman republican coin (RRC 419/2). It is the culminating project for a term's worth of work in CLST 11.19 (Before Billboards and Twitter: Ancient Coins as Text), which captivated my interest in coins as a collector. All coins mentioned in the paper are included in the 'Figures' section of the document