EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Dated RY 10 (AD 49/50). Æ Diobol (26mm, 6.78 g)

Obv: Laureate head right; L I (date) below chin

Rev: AVTO KPA, bust of Nilus right; below, cornucopia to left, Daimon to right.

Attractive green patina with red deposits.

At the time this coin was struck, St. Mark was in Egypt starting the early roots of the Coptic Church.

VF.Köln 98-9; Dattari (Savio) 138; K&G 12.64; RPC I 5174; Emmett 84.10.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen (2003)