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a bronze Alexandrian coin of the emperor Vespasian with Isis on the reverse. Coin Type: Bronze obol of Vespasian, 69-79 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 70 - 71 CE.
Size and Weight: 24mm x 25mm, 6.9g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
(AYTOK) KAIΣ ΣEBA (OYEΣΠAΣIANOY)
Reverse: Bust of Isis r., wearing a small crown composed of horns and disk.
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Provenance: arsakes-art-sale (eBay), June 2007
Ref: RCV (2000) 2384
BW Ref: 014 032 111
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