Nero AR Tetradrachm " Sela Neronis ", Antioch, Very Fine, 59/60 C.E.

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NERO AR TETRADRACHM, ANTIOCH

McAlee 256a, RPC 4180, Prieur 79, Very Fine, 25.5mm, 12.92 grams, Struck Circa. 59/60 C.E.

Obverse: NEPΩNOΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡOΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY around laureate bust of Nero to right, wearing aegis

Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch to left,  Ϛ over HP  (date - Nero regnal year 6, and year 108 of the Caesarean era) clockwise starting below.

This coin is the Sela Neronis סלע נירונית mentioned in the Mishnah, Masechet Keilim.