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EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian
year 4, CE 71/2
obol?, 25.4 mm, 5.45 gm
Obv: AVTOKKAIΣΣEBAOVEΣΠAΣIANOV; laureate head right
Rev: bust of Isis left; LΔ in right field
Ref: c.f. Emmett 217.4 (diobol)
Translation of legend abbreviations:
AVTOK(PATOPOΣ) KAIΣ(APOΣ) ΣEBA(ΣTOV) OVEΣΠAΣIANOV
Imperator Caesar Augustus Vespasianus (genitive case)
LΔ
year 4
I'm not sure what to call this coin's denomination. Obols are in the ~5 gm range; diobols ~8 gm. This coin is obol-weight but the Isis reverse is only known in Vespasian's hemidrachms, diobols, and dichalkons.
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