EGYPT, Alexandria. Tiberius. AD 14-37. Æ Obol (20mm, 4.76 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9). Bare head right / Hippopotamus standing right; L E (date) in exergue. Köln 47; Dattari (Savio) 101; K&G 5.5; RPC I 5082.4 (this coin); Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing left). Red-brown patina, some roughness. Near VF.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from John Jencek, 1 January 2013. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 274 (22 February 2012), lot 286.
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