Nero coin it’s normal or error?

Hello

Today,When i photographing some coins
One coin caught my attention, which I found two sides of Nero. Is this considered a very rare thing or is it a normal thing?

Thank you very much

 

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Honestly, this is the first time I have seen a double strike on an Alexandrian tetradrachm, but I am sure there is more out there.

So IMO, very scarce. Cool find.

 

i'm wif Mat....good coin...

 

I own about 44 pieces from the same place where I found them, but this is the only different piece.

 

thanks

 

quite welcome...you say you found this along with others?..

 

Wow, that is nice.

 

Yes, a long time ago about 14 years ago in the city of Ismailia near Alexandria in Egypt.

But recently I decided to photograph all my coins and noticed this

 

Double strike Alexandria tetradrachm of Nero. Here's one of mine. And if you did find all those coins in Ismailia that was a great find.

Nero from Alexandria:

Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams

Obverse: NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER, Radiate crowned head facing right.

Reverse: AVTO-KRA, Draped bust of Egyptian god Serapis facing right, wearing Kalathos (basket) on head, date LI (year 10)

Reference: Milne 222, Koln 160, RPC 5274, BMCGr 156: Sear 2001.

 

This is a picture of some coins

 

Very cool. The obverse remained nice enough for an unsuspecting collector to pass it over. I like it.

i think it makes the topmost Nero look like he has a mullet. And the long neck he never had in real life!

 

Yes, I see one Hadrian, a Vespasian a few of Nero, and maybe one or two of Augustus. So looks like a 2d century AD hoard, deposited well after 138 AD, based on the wear on the Hadrian coin, the most recent one of the lot.

 

What an interesting double-strike!!!

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.