NERO SILVER TETRADRACHM – ALEXANDRIA ISSUE OF YEAR 12 AD 65/6 – GOOD VF ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (Inv. 21028)

$325.00

21028. ROMAN EMPIRE. NERO, AD 54–68. PROVINCIAL ISSUE OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT.
Silver Tetradrachm, 12.43 g, 23 mm. Issue of Alexandria dated year 12 (AD 65/6).
Obv. ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, radiate and laureate bust of Nero right, wearing aegis. Rev. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ, L ΙΒ, bust of Alexandria with elephant skin headdress right, LIB (date) in right field.
RPC 5289; Dattari 204; Köln 172–4.
Good VF, attractive original dark gray patina, a coin with exceptional eye appeal.