Tetradrachm of Nero

Tetradrachm of Nero

DN 136

Billon

10.08 g

25 mm

Alexandria in Egypt

Obverse: Radiate bust of Nero facing right; ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV; Reverse: Draped bust of Poppaea facing right; ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ . In front of Poppaea's bust LI (year 10). Accretions on both sides.

63/64 AD

Unpublished

RPC I, no. 5275; BMC, Alexandria and the Nomes, no. 123; Dattari, no. 196; Milne, no. 217; Emmett, no. 128; SNG, UK VI, Lewis Collection in Corpus Christi College Cambridge, r. 2044, Plate XLVI; SNG, UK XIII, New Castle Society of Antiquarians, 894, Plate 43.