

Egypt. Alexandria. Nero, with Agrippina Junior, 54-68. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25.4 mm, 12.70 g). Dated RY 3 (= 56/7). [ΝΕΡ] ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ [ΑΥΤΟ] Laureate head of Nero to right. Rev. [ΑΓ]ΡΙΠΠΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ Draped bust of Agrippina to right, L Γ (date) in right field. Vogt I, p 26 and following. Vogt II, p. 8. BMC 116. Dattari 186. Geissen 114. RPC I, 5201. Emmett 107. Savio, Adriano, Tetradrammi alessandrini, Milano 2007, pp. 51-56. Very Fine.
Ex Empire Coins Inc, price list November 1997, lot 135.
Despite the slight slipping of coinage under the portraits, the pairing of Nero's portraits with his empress mother Agrippina, whom he later had suppressed, is still impressive.