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Tetradrachm of Alexandria with bust of Nero

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 63–64
Mint: Egypt, Alexandria

Medium/Technique Billon
Dimensions Diameter: 25.14 mm. Weight: 13.1 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number34.1409
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Radiate head of Nero to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Draped bust of Poppaea to right.
Inscription in Greek.
In right field: Greek letters for year 10

Note that the inscriptions are not marked for the correct side of the coin. Nero should be the obverse but the inscription is marked reverse and vice versa for Poppaea.