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an Alexandrian coin of the Roman emperor Domitian showing the serpent Agathodaemon riding a horse. Coin Type: Holed bronze diobol of Domitian, Caesar 69-79 CE, Augustus 81-96 CE.
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 91-92 CE.
Size and Weight: 23mm x 24mm, 6.04g
Obverse: AVT KAICAP (ΔOMIT CЄB ΓЄ)PM
Laureate head right.
Reverse: Serpent Agathodaemon left, erect, crowned with the skhent, on the back of a horse galloping left.
Field Marks: LIA below (Regnal year 11)
Provenance: tgorani (eBay), October 2009
Ref: RCV (2000) 2868; Milne 506.
BW Ref: 020 044 129
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Note: Milne calls this coin a diobol; Sear calls it an obol.


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