Egypt. Alexandria. Claudius, 41-54. Diobol (Bronze, 25.9 mm, 8.08 g). Dated RY 10 (= 49/50). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑ, Laureate head of Claudius right; L I (date) before. Rev. Head of Nilus right; below, cornucopia to left, Daimon to right; AYTO KPA across field. Vogt I, pp. 23 and 26. Vogt II, p. 6. BMC 81. Dattari 138. Geissen 98-99. RPC I, 5174. Emmett 84. Staffieri, Giovanni Maria, AIN, Muzzano 2017, p. 27. Very Fine/Extremely Fine. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Numismatica Aretusa SA, Lugano, 1980. Commentary by GMS: Coin with exceptional red-brown 'desert' patina; obverse with slight corrosion and reverse in the best possible condition. The Nile personification with its symbols celebrates the fertility of the river and the abundance of crops, perhaps particularly relevant in the year of issue of the dioboeum.

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Egypt. Alexandria. Claudius, 41-54. Diobol (Bronze, 25.9 mm, 8.08 g). Dated RY 10 (= 49/50). ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒΑϹ ΓΕΡΜΑ, Laureate head of Claudius right; L I (date) before. Rev. Head of Nilus right; below, cornucopia to left, Daimon to right; AYTO KPA across field. Vogt I, pp. 23 and 26. Vogt II, p. 6. BMC 81. Dattari 138. Geissen 98-99. RPC I, 5174. Emmett 84. Staffieri, Giovanni Maria, AIN, Muzzano 2017, p. 27. Very Fine/Extremely Fine. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Numismatica Aretusa SA, Lugano, 1980. Commentary by GMS: Coin with exceptional red-brown 'desert' patina; obverse with slight corrosion and reverse in the best possible condition. The Nile personification with its symbols celebrates the fertility of the river and the abundance of crops, perhaps particularly relevant in the year of issue of the dioboeum.

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