CNG 102, Lot: 766. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.07 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7). Radiate bust of Nero left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) below chin / Galley sailing right; dolphins swimming below. Köln 186; Dattari (Savio) 264; K&G 14.99 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5296; Emmett 121.13. VF, toned, lamination on Nero’s cheek. Nice metal.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 159 (31 May 2011), no. 132.

There appear to be two different varieties of this type – one with dolphins and one without – for which several of the references cited above do not differentiate.