Diniacopoulos Coin Collection | Tetradrachm of Nero

Inventory Number

DN 145

Materials

Billon

Weight

10.56

Diameter

24 mm

Mint

Alexandria in Egypt

Description

Obverse: Radiate bust of Nero with aegis, facing right. Legend: NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP. Reverse: Bust of Alexandria with elephant headdress, facing right. Legend: Legend: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ. Before neck LIB (year 12). Accretions on the obverse as well as on the reverse.

Date

65/66 AD

Comparisons

BMC, Alexandria and the Nomes, no. 163; RPC I, no. 5289; Dattari, no. 204; Emmett, no. 109.

Tetradrachm of Nero

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