EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Diobol (25mm, 8.63 g, 11h). Dated RY 10 (AD 90/1). Laureate bust right, aegis on left shoulder / Bust of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing ram’s horn and crown of solar disc and uraei; L I (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC II –; Emmett 299.10 (R5). Brown and green patina, porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare and unique. Unpublished in the major references.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Beast Coins, 10 December 2009. Ex Keith Emmett Collection, purchased from M&R, August 1995.
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