ANCIENT COINS.ROMAN COINS. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Nero (A.D. 54-68), Silver Tetradrachm, 14.65g, 12h.Mint of Antioch, dated RY 6 and Year 108 of the Caesarean Era (A.D. 59/60).ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ[Α-ΡΟΣ] ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY, bust of Nero facing right, laureate, and wearing aegis with snake rising along neck. Rev. eagle standing left on a thunderbolt, its wings spread, a palm-branch on left, dates on right (RPC 4180; Prieur 80; McAlee 256b).Lightly toned, about extremely fine.
Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 207, 15 October 2012, lot 505
Estimate: US$ 1,200