Egypt. Alexandria. Vitellius, 69. Diobol (Bronze, 28.1 mm, 11.68 g). Dated RY 1 (= 69). [ΩΛO]Y OYIT KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP[M AYT] Laureate head right. Rev. Bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds, behind cornucopia; L A (date) in lower right field. Dattari (Savio) pl. 12, 6686 (this coin). RPC I, 5375. Emmett 198. Milne 376. Geissen -. STAFFIERI, Giovanni Maria, "Curiosità numismatiche alessandrine", in NAC XLVIII, 2019, pp. 150-152. Attractive brown patina. Very Fine. Extremely Rare. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 6686, Il Cairo. Ex Naville Numismatics 43, 23.09.2018, lot 253. During his fleeting appearance in Alexandrian numismatics, Vitellius barely has time to celebrate and wish, in this very rare diobol, the fertility of the earth thanks to the periodic flooding of the deified river Nile, here expressly reproduced with its symbols. The portrait of the ephemeral emperor appears odd and also relatively physiognomic.