EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Diobol (26mm, 10.86 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 68/9). Laureate head right / Draped bust of Isis right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L B (date) to right. Köln 241-2 & 3451; Dattari (Savio) 320 = RPC I 5351.1 (this coin); K&G 17.26; Emmett 179.2. Brown patina with green deposits, area of weakness. VF.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Praefectus Coins, 14 November 2017. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (Naville Numismatics 31, 14 May 2017), lot 188.
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