328, Lot: 383. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.05 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 66/7). Radiate bust of Nero left, wearing aegis; L IΓ (date) below chin / Galley sailing right; dolphins below. Köln 186; Dattari (Savio) 264; K&G 14.99 corr. (obv. legend); RPC I 5296. Near VF, light porosity.
There appear to be two different varieties of this type – one with dolphins and one without. The last two references cited above do not differentiate.