EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Diobol (25mm, 9.99 g, 11h). Dated RY 9 (AD 62/3). Laureate head right / Hawk standing right, wearing skhent; L ЄNA TOV (date) around. Köln –; Dattari –; K&G 14.75; RPC I 5272; Emmett 151.9 (R5). Brown patina with green deposits, smoothing and cleaning marks. Near VF. Extremely rare, only two recorded in RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 21 December 2009.
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