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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 5135029, member: 74968"][USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] Thanks for the great post and for sharing this excellent coin. Here is one that ticked a few boxes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Flavian? Check</p><p>Rare? Only known example</p><p>Dattari plate coin? Check</p><p>Interesting reverse? check</p><p>Cool Alexandrian type? Check</p><p><br /></p><p>Vespasian Æ Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 7 = AD 74/5. </p><p>Obv: [AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right </p><p>(21mm 4.47g, 12h.)</p><p>Rev: Canopus right; L [Z] (date) in right field. </p><p>RPC 2446.1 (this coin); Dattari (Savio) 373 (this coin); Emmett 219. </p><p>Extremely Rare; the only known example.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204867[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 5135029, member: 74968"][USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] Thanks for the great post and for sharing this excellent coin. Here is one that ticked a few boxes. Flavian? Check Rare? Only known example Dattari plate coin? Check Interesting reverse? check Cool Alexandrian type? Check Vespasian Æ Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 7 = AD 74/5. Obv: [AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY], laureate head right (21mm 4.47g, 12h.) Rev: Canopus right; L [Z] (date) in right field. RPC 2446.1 (this coin); Dattari (Savio) 373 (this coin); Emmett 219. Extremely Rare; the only known example. [ATTACH=full]1204867[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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