Alexandria in Egypt, 100-200 AD., lead Tessera, Oxyrhynchus nome, Geissen 3540-3552

Alexandria in Egypt, Oxyrhynchus nome, lead token, 100-200 AD.,
lead Tessera (19-20 mm / 3,82 g),
Obv.: Athena standing right, fighting serpent.
Rev.: Nike standing left.
Geissen / Weiser 4., 3540-3552 .

Oxyrhynchus (modern Egyptian Arabic el-Bahnasa) is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo. It was the main city within the nineteenth nome (province) during Egypt's Pharaonic Period. In Hellenistic times, Oxyrhynchus was a prosperous regional capital, the third-largest city in Egypt.