EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.58 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57). Near VF.

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Lot: 368.
Closing Date: Jul 31 2024 10:00 ET

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

Estimate: $ 100

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.58 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57). NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head right / ΠΡΟΝ • ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical scepter with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5203; Emmett 120.3. Toned, lightly granular sufaces. Near VF. Rare.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 14 March 2003.

On this rare type, Nero appears on the reverse wearing a radiate crown with a legend declaring him as the “new Augustus”.

Closing Date and Time: 31 July 2024 at 12:02:20 ET.

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