Egypt. Alexandria. Tiberius, 14-37. Obol (Bronze, 19.89 mm, 4.50 g). Dated RY 5 = AD 18/9. Bare head of Tiberius right. Rev. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ Hippopotamus right, date LE, under the exergual line. Vogt I, pp. 20-21. Vogt II, p. 3. BMC 57-58. Dattari 101. RPC I, 5082. Emmett 62. Cf. Storoni Mazzolani Lidia, “Tiberio o la spirale del potere”, Milano, 1981. Attractive dark brown patina, Very Fine. Ex Numismatica Aretusa SA Lugano, Franco Chiesa, 1985. Tiberius in Alexandria minted several coins in a mixture of silver but in bronze he limited himself in his early regnal years to issuing minimal numerals with portraits such as our obol dated L E = 5th year of his reign (18-19 A.D.). In the portrait on the obverse, it is confirmed the rule of rewarding the perennially young appearance of the emperor, expressly named on the reverse where is the first depiction of the hippopotamus proliferating in the sacred and fertilizing waters of the Nile. Coin of very good conservation and with a splendid original shiny chocolate brown patina.