EGYPT, Alexandria. Galba. AD 68-69. Æ Diobol (24mm, 10.24 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 68/9). Laureate head right / Bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos, draped left shoulder; L B (date) to right. Köln 244; Dattari (Savio) 323; K&G 17.27; RPC I 5350; Emmett 180.2. Red-brown patina with patches of verdigris, light porosity. Good VF. Rare, one of the finest known.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 18 June 2001. Ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.
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