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RPC 2446 (This Coin)
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Vespasian Æ Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 7 = AD 74/5.
Obv: [AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right
(21mm 4.47g, 12h.)
Rev: Canopus right; L [Z] (date) in right field.
RPC 2446.1 (this coin); Dattari (Savio) 373 (this coin); Emmett 219.
Extremely Rare; the only known example.
This coin published in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
This coin published in A. Burnett, M. Amandry, I. Carradice, Roman Provincial Coinage, vol. II (London and Paris, 1999);
Ex: Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, May 28 2020, Lot 710
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 46, 5 June 2018, lot 406;
Ex Naville Numismatics 28, 22 January 2017, lot 314;
Ex Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.
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![RPC 2446 (This Coin)
Vespasian Æ Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 7 = AD 74/5.
Obv: [AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right
(21mm 4.47g, 12h.)
Rev: Canopus right; L [Z] (date) in right field.
RPC 2446.1 (this coin); Dattari (Savio) 373 (this coin); Emmett 219.
Extremely Rare; the only known example.
This coin published in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
This coin published in A. Burnett, M. Amandry, I. Carradice, Roman Provincial Coinage, vol. II (London and Paris, 1999);
Ex: Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, May 28 2020, Lot 710
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 46, 5 June 2018, lot 406;
Ex Naville Numismatics 28, 22 January 2017, lot 314;
Ex Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.](albums/userpics/41352/normal_Vespasian_RRPC_2446.jpg "Click to view full size image
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RPC 2446 (This Coin)
Vespasian Æ Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 7 = AD 74/5.
Obv: [AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right
(21mm 4.47g, 12h.)
Rev: Canopus right; L [Z] (date) in right field.
RPC 2446.1 (this coin); Dattari (Savio) 373 (this coin); Emmett 219.
Extremely Rare; the only known example.
This coin published in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
This coin published in A. Burnett, M. Amandry, I. Carradice, Roman Provincial Coinage, vol. II (London and Paris, 1999);
Ex: Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, May 28 2020, Lot 710
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 46, 5 June 2018, lot 406;
Ex Naville Numismatics 28, 22 January 2017, lot 314;
Ex Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.")
