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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8297029, member: 110350&quot;]Nothing unusual about the three I have, I&#039;m afraid -- Poppea Sabina, Alexandria, and Divus Augustus, from Years 11, 12, and 13, respectively:</p><p><br /></p><p>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 [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. I 5280 (1992)]; RPC Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5280;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5280;" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5280;</a> Emmett 128.11[Emmett, Keith, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 197-198 [Savio, A. ed., <i>Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini</i> (Trieste, 2007)]; Milne 223 at p. 7 [Milne, J.G., <i>Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins </i>(Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]; K&amp;G 14.85 (ill. p. 59) [Kampmann, Ursula &amp; Ganschow, Thomas, <i>Die Münzen der römischen Münzstätte Alexandria</i>&nbsp; (2008)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 124 at p. 16 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria</i> (London 1892)], Sear RCV I 2002 (Year 11; ill. of Year 10, at p. 394). 26.5 mm., 12.98 g.&nbsp; <i>Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique, Montpellier, France, Sep. 2021.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467316[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>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.&nbsp; RPC I Online 5289, Emmett 109.12, Milne 238 at p. 7 [Milne, J.G., <i>Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins </i>(Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)], K&amp;G 14.88. 20x23 mm., 12.11 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467317[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>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,&nbsp; ΘΕΟΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ.&nbsp; 24 mm., 11.6 g. RPC I Online 5294 (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5294" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5294" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5294</a>), 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).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1467315[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would love an example of the type with the galley with the sail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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