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a bronze Alexandrian diobol of the emperor Vespasian with Isis on the reverse. Coin Type: Bronze obol (Sear) or diobol (Milne) of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 71-72 CE.
Size and Weight: 23mm x 24mm, 7.83g.
Obverse: AVTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY
Laureate head right.
Reverse: Bust of Isis right, crowned with disk and horns, with taenia, wearing peplos knotted over breast.
Field Marks: L Δ in right field (regnal year 4)
Provenance: heliosnumismatik (eBay), January 2011
Ref: RCV (2000) 2384; Milne 420.
BW Ref: 027 052 168
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The content of this page was last updated on 29 January 2011