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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT, Alexandria.  Vespasian

    year 5, CE 72/3

    obol, 21 mm, 5.2 gm

    Obv:  AVTOKKAIΣΣEBAOVEΣΠAΣIANOV; laureate bust right

    Rev:   hawk standing right; LE in left field

    Ref:  Emmett 222(5) R1, Milne 430

     

    Translation of legend abbreviations:

    AVTOK(PATOPOΣ)  KAIΣ(APOΣ)  ΣEBA(ΣTOV)  OVEΣΠAΣIANOV

    Imperator Caesar Augustus Vespasianus (genitive case)

    LE

    year 5