EGYPT. Alexandria. Nero (AD 54-68). BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.59 g., 12h). Dated RY 12 (= 65/6). ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ Radiate bust right, wearing aegis. R/ ΑΥΤΟ-ΚΡΑ Bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant's skin headdress; L ΙΒ (date) in right field. Vogt I, p. 32. Vogt II, p.10. BMC 163-164. Dattari 204. Geissen 172. RPC I, 5289. Emmett 109. Savio, Adriano, Tetradrammi Alessandrini, Milano 2007, pp. 52-56. K&G 14.88. Good VF
Coin minted during Nero's peak Alexandrian period, with a pleasing physiognomic portrait of the ruler.