CNG 109, Lot: 431. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.40 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 58/59). Laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding Victory and parazonium; Ρω ΜΗ across field, L E (date) to lower right. Köln 141; Dattari (Savio) 249; K&G 14.49; RPC I 5239; Emmett 132.5. Good VF, toned. Very rare, only one in CoinArchives (CNG E-122, lot 198).

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (November 1998).