EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Hemidrachm (28mm, 16.03 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 76/6). AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, laureate head right / ZEYΣ ΣAPAΠIΣ, Zeus-Serapis enthroned left, wearing kalathos, extending right hand over Kerberos seated at his feet to left and holding long scepter in right hand; L ENAT (date) in legend. Köln 314; Dattari 406; K&G 20.66; RPC II 2547; Emmett 214.9. Dark green patina with earthen highlights. VF.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Group CEM (Classical Numismatic Group 91, 19 September 2012), lot 712.
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