Diniacopoulos Coin Collection | Tetradrachm of Nero

Inventory Number

DN 171

Materials

Billon

Weight

8.95

Diameter

24 mm

Mint

Alexandria

Description

Obverse: Radiate bust of Nero, wearing aegis, facing left. [L]ΙΔ before the neck (year 14). Legend very faded: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV. Reverse: Veiled bust of Hera Argeia. Star symbol before the neck. Legend: ΗΡΑ ΑΡΓΕΙA. Accretions on both sides.

Date

67/68 AD

Bibliography

Unpublished

Comparisons

BMC, Alexandria and the Nomes, no. 133; RPC I, no. 5315; Dattari, no. 236; Emmett, no. 122.

Tetradrachm of Nero

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