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a bronze Alexandrian coin of the emperor Vespasian with Isis on the reverse. Coin Type: Bronze obol of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 70 - 71 CE.
Size and Weight: 24mm x 25mm, 6.9g
Obverse: (AVTOK) KAIΣ ΣEBA (OYEΣΠAΣIANOV)
Laureate head right.
Reverse: Bust of Isis right, crowned with disk and horns, with taenia, wearing peplos knotted over breast.
Field Marks: L Γ in right field (regnal year 3)
Provenance: arsakes-art-sale (eBay), June 2007
Ref: RCV (2000) 2384 var (regnal year); Milne —.
BW Ref: 014 053 111
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