TIBERIUS BRONZE OBOL – YEAR 5 HIPPOPOTAMUS ISSUE OF ALEXANDRIA – NEAR VF ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN OF EGYPT (Inv. 20211)

$350.00

20211. ROMAN EMPIRE. PROVINCIAL ISSUE OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT UNDER TIBERIUS, AD 14-37
Bronze Obol, 4.80, 19 mm. Issue of Regnal Year 5 (AD 18/9).
Obv. Bare head of Tiberius right. Rev. Hippopotamus walking right, L E (date) in exergue.
Köln 47; Dattari 101
Near VF, dark brown patina, edge chip from manufacture, with a charming rendering of the hippo.