EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Hemidrachm (29mm, 15.99 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70). AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣ[ΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia, slight drapery on left shoulder; cornucopia behind his right shoulder; L B (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari –; K&G 20.19; RPC II 2418.4 (this coin, illustrated); Emmett 211.2 (R5). Brown patina with some green, a few pits, edge splits. VF. Extremely rare, one of only five recorded by RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Greenpoint Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 91, 19 September 2012), lot 709; Elsen 64 (2 December 2000), lot 829.
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