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Obol of Alexandria with bust of Nero

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 61–62
Mint: Egypt, Alexandria

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 4.42 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule, III in the name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1985.1032
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Nero to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Roma standing to left.
Inscription in Greek around.
Inscription in Greek for year 8 = AD 61/62.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mrs. Godfrey Peckitt Collection (one of 302 Alexandrian coins [1985.1028–1985.1329] acquired by Godfrey Peckitt in Egypt prior to World War II); date unknown: inherited from Mrs.Godfrey Peckitt by Mrs. Perry T. Rathbone; July 11, 1969: purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III from Mrs. Perry T. Rathbone; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, November 27, 1985