CNG 88, Lot: 1078. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. AD 81-96. Æ Diobol (23mm, 6.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 91/2). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Agathodaemon on horseback riding right; LIA (date) below. Köln 378-9 var. (no aegis); Dattari (Savio) 564; K&G 24.150; RPC 2584. Good VF, green-brown patina, traces of earthen deposits. Rare.

From Group CEM. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 457 (July 1983), no. 24.

The changing of the seasons is represented by the horse. Regeneration or rebirth of the crops is represented by the serpent. All of Egyptian life was dependent on this cycle.