EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Drachm (36mm, 29.53 g, 1h). Dated RY 14 (AD 67/8). Near VF.

CNG Feature Auction 133
Lot: 470. Estimated: $ 1 000

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Æ Drachm (36mm, 29.53 g, 1h). Dated RY 14 (AD 67/8). Laureate head right; L I∆ (date) below chin / Serapis seated left, wearing kalathos, holding long scepter, extending hand over Kerberos seated at his feet to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 280 = RPC I 5318B.1 (this coin); K&G 14.117; Emmett 139.14 (R5) R. Pincock, “Nero’s Large Bronze Coinage For Egypt” in NC 155 (1995), Type I. Dark brown patina, light porosity. Near VF. Very rare, four recorded in RPC.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 1 (16 September 1997), lot 508; Kunst und Münzen AG XXII (2 April 1981), lot 265; Giovanni Dattari (†1923) Collection.

This coin is one of the great rarities of the Alexandrian series. Nero issued a prodigious amount of billon tetradrachms at the Alexandria mint. It has been speculated that this was part of his fund-raising campaign to rebuild Rome after the devastating fire of AD 64 (he melted down the higher silver content tetradrachms already in circulation, and replaced them with the lower silver content billon tetradrachms). As a result, bronze coinage in general was neglected during Nero’s reign in Alexandria, especially the larger denominations – hemidrachm and drachm.

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CNG Feature Auction 133 – Session Two – Lot 309-594 will be held Tuesday morning, 15 September 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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