EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Diobol (25.5mm, 10.64 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 67/8). NEPΩ KΛ[AY KAIΣ Σ]EB ΓEP AV, laureate head right / Apis bull standing right, crescent on flank, solar disk between horns; before, lighted altar; L IΔ (date) above. Köln 209; Dattari (Savio) 293; K&G 14.122; RPC I 5323; Emmett 146.14 (R3). Brown patina, slight weakness on reverse. VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 21 December 2009.
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