Egypt. Alexandria. Tiberius, 14-37. Obol (Bronze, 20.56 mm, 4.61 g). Dated RY 5 (= 18-19). Bare head of Tiberius right. Rev. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ above. Hippopotamus right, LE (date) below, under the ground 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. Very Fine. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Fritz Künker GmbH & Co. 280, 26.09.2016, lot 497. Commentary by GMS: In general, the Alexandrian monetary production of Tiberius is very scarce despite the long period of his reign and involves a series of repetitive tetradrachms in mistura issued between years 7 (20/21 AD) and 23 (36/37 AD), while bronze coinage is limited to a few obols and dichalkoi minted between years 3 (16/17 AD) and 6 (19/20 AD). In practice, once bronze was exhausted, it switched exclusively to misture coinage.

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Egypt. Alexandria. Tiberius, 14-37. Obol (Bronze, 20.56 mm, 4.61 g). Dated RY 5 (= 18-19). Bare head of Tiberius right. Rev. ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΥ above. Hippopotamus right, LE (date) below, under the ground 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. Very Fine. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Fritz Künker GmbH & Co. 280, 26.09.2016, lot 497. Commentary by GMS: In general, the Alexandrian monetary production of Tiberius is very scarce despite the long period of his reign and involves a series of repetitive tetradrachms in mistura issued between years 7 (20/21 AD) and 23 (36/37 AD), while bronze coinage is limited to a few obols and dichalkoi minted between years 3 (16/17 AD) and 6 (19/20 AD). In practice, once bronze was exhausted, it switched exclusively to misture coinage.

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