EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian. AD 69-79. Æ Diobol (26mm, 9.17 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (AD 74/5). Laureate head right / Bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos, draped left shoulder; L Z (date) before. Köln 302; Dattari (Savio) 402; K&G 20.50; RPC II 2444; Emmett 218.7. Dark brown patina, edge splits. VF. Struck on an oversized flan. Rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 20 June 2008.
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