Egypt. Alexandria. Vespasian, 69-79. Obol. (Bronze 21.40 mm, 6.95 g). Dated E, year 5 = circa 72-73 AD. AYTOK KAI[ΣΣ] EBA OYE I[ΣΠAΣI]A IANOY Laureate head right. Rev. Hawk standing right facing front; in left field the date, E. RPC II, 2440.8. Dattari (Savio) 416, plate 15. Geissen -. Emmett 222. Very Fine, attractive brown tone.

Ex Busso Peus Nachf. 360, 29 April 1999, lot 677.

Bronze obol of exceptional conservation for the type of coin. The falcon is the pharaonic symbol of Horus, son of the mystical marriage of Isis with Osiris.