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EGYPT, Alexandria.  Nero

year 3, CE 56/7

tetradrachm

Obv:  NEPKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEPAYTO; laureate head right

Rev:  Demos of Romans standing right with sceptre and cornucopia; ΔHMOΣPΩ-MAIΩN; LΓ

Ref:  Emmett 116(3) R3, Milne 141

Purchased from a mostly non-ancients dealer at WFOM, Chicago 2014

 

Translation of legend abbreviations:

NEP(ΩN)  KΛAY(ΔIOΣ)  KAIΣ(AP)  ΣEB(AΣTOΣ)  ΓEP(MANIKOΣ)  AYTO(KPATΩP)

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator

ΔHMOΣ  PΩMAIΩN

Demos of the Romans

LΓ

Year 3