Egypt. Alexandria. Augustus, 27 BC-14. Diobol (Bronze, 24.50 mm, 10.91 g). 6th series, dated RY 41 (= 11/12). Laureate head right. Rev. L MA (date) within oak wreath. Vogt I, pp. 19-20. Vogt II, p. 2. BMC 16. Dattari 42. Milne 30-31. Geissen 27-29. RPC I, 5061. Emmett 37. MILNE, Joseph Grafton, The alexandrian Coinage of Augustus, in "The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology", VAlA XIII, Parts III and IV, pp. 135-140 + Plate XXXI, London, 1927. Exceptional conservation for this type of coin. Ex Virginia Ruzicka collection. Ex Joel L. Malter & Co Inc., XXVIII, 08.12.1984, lot 394. Ex Kerry K. Wetterström collection. Ex CNA XIII, 04.12.1990, lot 2. This coin dates from the penultimate year of Augustus' Alexandrian issues, which ceased during his 42nd year of his reign (12/13 AD). The portrait shows a relative senility, corresponding to the advanced age of the sovereign.

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Egypt. Alexandria. Augustus, 27 BC-14. Diobol (Bronze, 24.50 mm, 10.91 g). 6th series, dated RY 41 (= 11/12). Laureate head right. Rev. L MA (date) within oak wreath. Vogt I, pp. 19-20. Vogt II, p. 2. BMC 16. Dattari 42. Milne 30-31. Geissen 27-29. RPC I, 5061. Emmett 37. MILNE, Joseph Grafton, The alexandrian Coinage of Augustus, in "The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology", VAlA XIII, Parts III and IV, pp. 135-140 + Plate XXXI, London, 1927. Exceptional conservation for this type of coin. Ex Virginia Ruzicka collection. Ex Joel L. Malter & Co Inc., XXVIII, 08.12.1984, lot 394. Ex Kerry K. Wetterström collection. Ex CNA XIII, 04.12.1990, lot 2. This coin dates from the penultimate year of Augustus' Alexandrian issues, which ceased during his 42nd year of his reign (12/13 AD). The portrait shows a relative senility, corresponding to the advanced age of the sovereign.

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