Details
LOT 3501
Tiberius AE Obol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 18/9).
Bare head to right / ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ, hippopotamus standing to right; L E (date) in exergue. RPC I 5082; Dattari (Savio) 101; Köln 47; K&G 5.5; Emmett 62.5 corr. (hippopotamus standing to left). Near Very Fine.(5.40gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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