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LOT 3467
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 56/57).
NEP KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AYTO, laureate head to right / ΠΡΟΝ ΝΕΟΥ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, Nero seated to left, radiate and togate, holding mappa(?) with his extended right hand and vertical sceptre with his left, his feet resting on stool; L Γ (date) to left. RPC I 5203; Köln 121; Dattari (Savio) 200; K&G 14.9 corr. (obv. legend); Emmett 120.3. Near Very Fine. Large areas of delamination.(6.14gr, 25mm, 11h.).
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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