Details
LOT 3468
Nero BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 64/5).
[ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ] ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, radiate bust to right, wearing aegis / ΑΥ-ΤΟΚΡΑ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm over far wing; L IA (date) in left field. RPC I, 5283; Dattari 270; Emmett 118; Geissen 163. Good Very Fine.(12.75gr, 23mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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