Details
LOT 3505
Vespasian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 71/2).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right / Draped bust of Isis to right, wearing taenia and crown of solar disk and horns; L Δ (date) to right. RPC II 2434; Dattari (Savio) 383; K&G 20.34; Emmett 217.4. Very Fine. Light brown patina. Scratch on reverse.(9.74gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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