EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Dichalkon (14.5mm, 2.62 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 49/50). Near VF.

Electronic Auction 576
Lot: 446.
Closing Date: Dec 4 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 150

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ Dichalkon (14.5mm, 2.62 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 49/50). Laureate head right / Frog seated right; L I (date) above. Köln 96 & 3448; Dattari 170; K&G 12.68; RPC I 5179; Emmett 100.10. Brown surfaces, obverse scratches, slight roughness and smoothing. Near VF.

The frog is a representation of Heqet, an Egyptian goddess of fertility, who often took the form of a frog. To the Egyptians, the frog was an ancient symbol of fertility and birth, related to the annual flooding of the Nile. Heqet was the wife of Khnum, who formed the bodies of new children on his potter's wheel.

Closing Date and Time: 4 December 2024 at 12:28:20 ET.

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