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Luke has "πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος." Can anyone find a similar Greek formulation?

No examples of "τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας."
No examples of "τρισκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας."
No examples. Jewish War has "Δωδεκατῳ μεν ετει τῆς Νέρωνος ἡγεμονίας." No one else.
No examples of "ἑνδεκατῷ τῆς ἡγεμονίας."

No examples of "δευτέρῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας"
No examples of "πρώτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας" + Emperor

Are you referring to the phrase "τῆς ἡγεμονίας" = "(year) of the rule" ...? I notice that the word "year" is not present, but assumed.

Or are you referring to the number of the regnal year = asking what calendar era was being used (Roman, Macedonian, Egyptian, etc) as these all started at different points in a year, usually either spring or fall?

Then there is use or non-use of accession years to count years of reign. Studies of Josephus' sources or sources used by the writers if 1 & 2 Maccabees are full of these varying dates, sometimes following one way for a few passages, then switching to another way, as the author browsed sources that dated events by different calendars.

The exact same event can be dated to different years of reign as used in the local calendars. Every dusty town seemed to have it's own version of the calendar, with local quirks.

DCH

The formula.

τῆς ἡγεμονίας is used for years of his reign by Dio Cassius

Ὁ δὲ Σεουῆρος ἐπὶ τῆς δεκετηρίδος τῆς ἀρχῆς , αὐτοῦ ἐδωρήσατο τῷ τε ὁμίλῳ παντὶ τῷ σιτοδοτουμένῳ καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις τοῖς δορυφόροις ἰσαρίθμους τοῖς τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἔτεσι χρυσοῦς.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his coming to power Severus presented to the entire populace that received the grain dole and to the soldiers of the pretorian guard gold pieces equal in number to the years of his reign.

Andrew Criddle