Egypt. Alexandria. Claudius, 41-54. Obol (Bronze, 20.55 mm, 5.01 g). Dated RY 10 (= 49/50). [ΤΙ] ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙ CΕΒΑ]C ΓΕΡΜ] Laureate head of Claudius to right. Rev. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ[Α] Right hand holding grain ears and poppies; L Ι (date) below. Vogt I, pp. 23-24. Vogt II, p.6. BMC 103. Dattari 149. Geissen 95. RPC I, 5177. Emmett 89. Staffieri, Giovanni Maria, AIN, Muzzano 2017, p. 27. Very Fine.

Ex CNA IV, 21.09.1988, lot 256.

A fine specimen with excellent details definition, both on the obverse with the well-crafted imperial portrait, and on the reverse, where the hand proudly displaying two earth products, indicates a particularly fertile and fruitful period in Nilotic agricultural production and pays homage to Demeter, (the harvest goddess) being particularly true in the year of the 'decennalia' of Claudius I.