NERO AR TETRADRACHM, ANTIOCH
McAlee 257, RPC 4181, Prieur 81, Very Fine, double struck on rev., lt. brushing scratches, 26mm, 11.70 grams, Struck Circa. 62/63 C.E.
Obverse: NEPΩNOΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡOΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ around laureate bust of Nero to right, wearing aegis
Reverse: Eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, wings spread, pellet and palm branch in right field, date ETOYΣ AIP • Θ (Nero regnal year 9, and year 111 of the Caesarean era) below and to left
SHARP and appealing Nero Tetradrachm. This coin is the Sela Neronis סלע נירונית mentioned in the Mishnah, Masechet Keilim.
