

Egypt. Alexandria. Nero, 54-68. Tetradrachm (Billon, 24.80 mm, 13.03 g). Dated RY 14 (= 67/8). [ΝΕΡ]Ω ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥ Radiate bust of Nero to left, wearing aegis; L IΔ (date) in left field. Rev. ΠΥΘΕΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Laureate bust of Pythian Apollo with quiver right. Vogt I, pp. 32-36. Vogt II, p. 11. BMC 143. Dattari 209. Geissen 198 var. RPC I, 5312. Emmett 112. Savio, Adriano, Tetradrammi Alessandrini, Milano 2007, pp. 52-56. K&G 14.115. Very Fine.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen. Ex Nomos AG. 14, 16.04.2004, lot 748.
A rare coin, belonging to the propaganda series for the Panhellenic Games mentioned in No. 18 above, here referred to the Delphic Games. Note on the obverse the detail of the imperial portrait facing left: an exception that appears only on tetradrachms minted during the last two years of Nero's reign.