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Obol of Alexandria with head of Tiberius
Roman, Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 16–37
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis; Mint: Egypt, Alexandria
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 3.71 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.834
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Tiberius, profile to right.
Reverse: inscription in Greek at bottom scarcely legible. Center hippopotamus.
Reverse: inscription in Greek at bottom scarcely legible. Center hippopotamus.
InscriptionsReverse: L[?]
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).