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Coin of Alexandria with head of Vespasian
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 76–77
Mint: Egypt, Alexandria; Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 7.21 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.841
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ around the head. Laureate head of Vespasian to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ [L ΕΝΑΤ] (year 9) around the bust. Bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant skin headdress.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ [L ΕΝΑΤ] (year 9) around the bust. Bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant skin headdress.
InscriptionsObverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ
Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ [L ΕΝΑΤ]
Reverse: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ [L ΕΝΑΤ]
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).