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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3607692, member: 87404"]Very cool! I find beauty in some ugly things lol eye of the beholder and all that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have a Vespasian, but here's one of his boys (and it has the same strike side for the obv/rev as yours):</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181213_184038711.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Domitian, Ruled 81-96 AD</b></p><p><b>AE Diobol, Egypt, Alexandria</b></p><p><b>Struck 88/89 AD</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: AYTOK KAIΣAP Δ•MITIANOE ΣEB ΓEPM, laureate head right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Draped bust of Alexandria right in elephant headdress, date ΕΤΟVΣ ΟΓΔΟΟV as legend, RY 8. (Original collector’s envelope is misattributed.)</p><p><b>References</b>: Emmett 278 (reverse unlisted for this year)</p><p><b>Size</b>: 23mm, 7.7g</p><p><i><b>Ex</b>: The Reverend Willis McGill Collection (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 3607692, member: 87404"]Very cool! I find beauty in some ugly things lol eye of the beholder and all that. I don't have a Vespasian, but here's one of his boys (and it has the same strike side for the obv/rev as yours): [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181213_184038711.jpg[/IMG] [B]Domitian, Ruled 81-96 AD AE Diobol, Egypt, Alexandria Struck 88/89 AD[/B] [B]Obverse[/B]: AYTOK KAIΣAP Δ•MITIANOE ΣEB ΓEPM, laureate head right. [B]Reverse[/B]: Draped bust of Alexandria right in elephant headdress, date ΕΤΟVΣ ΟΓΔΟΟV as legend, RY 8. (Original collector’s envelope is misattributed.) [B]References[/B]: Emmett 278 (reverse unlisted for this year) [B]Size[/B]: 23mm, 7.7g [I][B]Ex[/B]: The Reverend Willis McGill Collection (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I)[/I][/QUOTE]
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