EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. AD 81-96. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.21 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 82/3). Laureate head right / ETOYΣ ΔEYTEPOY, bust of Nilus right, drapery on left shoulder, lotus on right shoulder. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 440 corr. (legends); K&G 24.4; RPC II 2477; Emmett 245.2 (R4). Toned, slight roughness, small edge chip. Good VF. Extremely rare, only four known to RPC, one more in CoinArchives. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 27 September 1997.
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