EGYPT. Alexandria. Nero (AD 54-68). BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.12g., 12h). Dated RY 14 (= 67/68). [NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ]ΣEB ΓEP AY Radiate bust left, wearing aegis; [L I] Δ(date) below chin. R/ ΑΚΤΙΟΣ [ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ] Diademed, veiled, and draped bust of Hera right. Dattari 206. Geissen 194. RPC I, 5311. VF
A rare emission, belonging to the propaganda series for the Panhellenic Games, here referred to the Delphic Games.
Note on the obverse the detail of the imperial portrait facing left: an exception that appears only on tetradrachms minted during the last two years of Nero's reign.