My friends, the time has come...to lay down your Nero tetradrachms!

Demeter (a surprisingly scarce type)...



Poppaea...



Alexandria...



Tiberius...



Eagle...



How many types can we represent? Does anyone have the galley reverse?

 

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NERO
AR Billon Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: NERW KLAV KAIS SEB GER, radiate bust right, wearing aegis
REVERSE: AVTOKPA, draped bust of Alexandria right in elephant skin headdress, LIB to right, year 12
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 65/6AD
10.8g, 28mm
Köln 172-174; Curtis 36-54, Dattari 204, SGI 633, RPC 5289.

NERO
AR Billon Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: ΝΕΦΡΑ ΚΛΑΒ ΚΑΗς ΣΕΜΠ, Radiate head left, wearing aegis; L IΓ to left below chin (Reginal year 13)
REVERSE: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΦΌΡΟς, Galley sailing right, dolphins below
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 66/7 AD
12.5g, 23mm
Emmett 121

 

Great showing JA!!!
This one purchased more for the lovely Poppaea portrait than the gnarly Nero:

Nero With Poppaea
ALEXANDRIA
Billon tetradrachmon, 63-64. Head with strkr. No. Rv. [POPPAI] A SEBASTH Drap. Bust nr, the hair in the neck in a braid, in the field r. Date LI (= year 10). 12.18 g. Geissen 58, 157. Dattari 12, 196. RPC I, 708, 5275. Rare.
Ex: Savoca

 

Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)
Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch
AR Tetradrachm 
O: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GER, laureate head of Nero right; star behind.

R: [DIVOS] CLAVD AVG GERMANIC PATER AVG, laureate head of Claudius right.
Syrian Mint - 63-68 AD
14.11g
26mm
Prieur 48; RPC I 4123; BMC 172; Sydenham 65 (Caesarea); RSC 2; McAlee 270.


Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)
Billon tetradrachm
O: NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, radiate head right.
R.ΠOΠΠAIA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, date LI right (year 10).
Alexandria mint 63 - 64 A.D.
12.5g
25mm
Milne 216, Curtis 132, RPC I 5275, Geissen 157

Ex. Harlen J. Berk


Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: NEΡΩ KΛAY KAIS SEBA GEP AVTO, laureate head right.
R: NEO AGAQ DAIM, Agathodaemon serpent, coiled with head up, holding poppies and grain ears, L ς (date) to left. Year 6.
23mm
13.11g
Milne 203; Emmett 106.6 (R4) ; RPC 5260

The Agathodaemon was a good spirit/demon that was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.
He had the shape of a serpent with a human head.
The Greek inscription on the reverse of this coin shows that this is the "neo" or "new" agathodaemon serpent, or, in other words, the new good spirit (of rule by Nero).


Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)
AR Tetradrachm
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch
O: NEPΩNOΣ KAICAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis.
R: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm frond to left, H/IP (dates) to right.
Dated year 110 of the Caesarian era; RY 8 (AD 61/62).
27mm
13.4g
RPC I 4182; McAlee 258; Prieur 82.

 

Looks like tetradrachm with Poppaea is popular among CT-ers.
Here is my example.

 

...they are and i want one

 

Very nice group John. I have two Nero tets, but this thread is a good reminder that I really ought to add some more of these.




Nero, Alexandria, BI Tetradrachm, (24 mm, 13.08g), 64-65 AD (RY 11.), ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑY ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ Radiate bust of Nero to r., wearing aegis./ Rev. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ - L ΙA Eagle, wings closed, standing l. with palm frond behind; in field to r., simpulum. RPC I 5284


Nero, Tetradrachm, Alexandria, (22 mm, 13.54g), 66-67 AD, NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, Radiate bust of Nero to left, wearing aegis; Rev. TIBEPIOΣ KAIΣAP, Radiate head of Tiberius to right. RPC I 5295

 

Nice ones! I've always liked these Alexandrian tetradrachms for Nero.



NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV
Radiate bust left, wearing aegis. Date LIΔ.

ΠYΘEIOΣ AΠOΛΛΩN.
Laureate bust of Apollo Aktios right, quiver over shoulder; star before.

Alexandria mint, Year 14= 67-68 AD

12.18g

RPC 5318, Köln 195; Dattari 207; Milne 300; Emmett 111

Ex-ANE



NEΡΩ KΛAΥ KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEΡ AΥ
radiate bust left with aegis LIΔ year

ΠOΣEIΔΩN IΣΘMIOΣ
bust of Poseidon right, wearing taenia, trident behind shoulder

14.21g
Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 67 - 9 Jun 68 A.D

Dattari 244; Milne 298; Curtis 152, Sear 2014

Ex-Zurgieh

This type is from a series of tetradrachms depicting and naming a variety of Greek deities; issued to commemorate Nero's sojourn in Greece in 67 - 68 A.D.

 

Here's mine.



Mint: Alexandria

RPC I 5283

 

This is a dated but helpful article on the Egyptian issues:

On the Billon Output of the Alexandrian Mint under Nero
M. Sadek Phoenix Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer, 1966), pp. 131-147 (17 pages) Published By: Classical Association of Canada

 

Here are my Alexandrian tets of Nero.


Nero and Claudia Octavia
Roman provincial billon tetradrachm, 11.1 g, 25.0 mm
Egypt, Alexandria, AD 56-57
Obv: ΝΕΡ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑΥΤΟ, laureate head of Nero, right
Rev: ΟΚΤΑΟΥΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ, bare-headed and draped bust of Octavia, right; L Γ before.
Refs: RPC 5202; BMC 119; SGI 657; Cologne 122; Milne 133; Emmett 127.


Nero and Poppaea Sabina.
Roman provincial billon Tetradrachm; 23.1 mm, 11.55 g.
Egypt, Alexandria, AD 64/65.
Obv: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero, right.
Rev: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Poppaea, right, LIA (year 11) before.
Refs: RCV 2002; SGI 664; RPC 5280; Köln 168; BMCG 124; Milne 223; Curtis 138; Cohen 315, 3; Emmett 128.

 

Not to forget Nero with Divus Augustus:

Billon Tetradrachm, Egypt, Alexandria, regnal year 13 (66 - 67 AD)
22 x 25 mm, 12.394 g
RPC I 5294; Dattari (Savio) 184; Milne 251; Emmett 113.13; BMC 16 Alexandria 112, p.15; Curtis 65; Sear RCV I 2007 (iII. p. 394)

Ob.: NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP A(Y) Radiate head of Nero to l., wearing aegis. Regnal year LIΓ at left
Rev.: ΘEOΣ ΣEBAΣTOΣ Radiate head of Divus Agustus to right

 

My two Nero.

 

I have a nice Alexandrian Tet, but it's slabbed and not photographed.

 

Nothing unusual about the three I have, I'm afraid -- Poppea Sabina, Alexandria, and Divus Augustus, from Years 11, 12, and 13, respectively:

Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 11 (64/65 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate head of Nero, right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ AY / Rev. Draped bust of Poppea Sabina [second wife of Nero and former wife of Otho], right, ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ around, LIA [Year 11] in right field. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. I 5280 (1992)]; RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5280; Emmett 128.11[Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 197-198 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; Milne 223 at p. 7 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; K&G 14.85 (ill. p. 59) [Kampmann, Ursula & Ganschow, Thomas, Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria (2008)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 124 at p. 16 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London 1892)], Sear RCV I 2002 (Year 11; ill. of Year 10, at p. 394). 26.5 mm., 12.98 g. Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique, Montpellier, France, Sep. 2021.



Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (65/66 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate bust of Nero with aegis, right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ / Rev. Bust of Alexandria, right, wearing elephant headdress, AYTO-KPA around, LIB [Year 12] in right field. RPC I Online 5289, Emmett 109.12, Milne 238 at p. 7 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)], K&G 14.88. 20x23 mm., 12.11 g.



Nero and Divus Augustus, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 13 (66/67 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate head of Nero left, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ AY; in left field, LIE (Year 13) / Rev. Radiate head of Augustus right, ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ. 24 mm., 11.6 g. RPC I Online 5294 (see https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5294), Emmett 113.13, Milne 251 at p. 7, BMC 16 Alexandria 112 at p. 15, Dattari (Savio) 184, Sear RCV I 2007 (ill. p. 394).



I would love an example of the type with the galley with the sail.

 

Mine is similar but year three. Note Nero is three years younger and better looking than even on the year 6 coin. Most Alexandrian tetradrachms of Nero are later with the fat boy face.

While there are coins showing the human headed snake, this one shows a normal snake wearing the twin crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. For comparison, this drachm of Antoninus Pius shows the human headed serpent.

 

As far as I know, when the human head on a serpent is male, it's always supposed to be Serapis.

 

Nero Tetties


RI
Nero billon tetradrachm of Alexandria Egypt,
r. bust of Poppea,
LI ry.10 63-64AD
Milne 217, RPC 5275
obv. Radiate head of Nero right
rev. Draped bust of Poppea right, LI before
diameter: 23mm
weight: 12.8g



Antioch, Syria
Nero Regnal year 8, Caesarian year 110, (AD 61/62)
AR Tetradrachm 25 mm x 14.05 grams
Obverse: NERWNOS KAISAROS SEBASTOU, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis.
Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm branch before, H/IP behind.
Ref: RPC4182
Ex: @Ancientnoob

 

Funny that this thread appears when it did. I was going to post this Alexandrian tetradrachm later. It's another local coin shop acquisition from a little over a week ago.

This year 13 (66/67 AD) tetradrachm of Nero, featuring Tiberius on the reverse, is not long on legends, and it is somewhat rough, as would be expected with billon, but the portraits are nice. I wonder if this was I coin that I sold all those years ago; it does look familiar, but my mind plays tricks on me.

12.54 grams




Also, here are a couple of tetradrachms from Antioch.

Nero and Claudius.

14.40 grams




And last one of his numerous issues from Antioch, this one with a very long, thick Claudius-like neck! It seems that the flan was made in an oval-like shape to accommodate the obverse die.

13.4 grams