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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3572275, member: 21445&quot;]Had this for a while but just getting around to posting it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had many nero coins come and go so I don&#039;t often buy new ones, but this caught my eye due to the reverse. Help the price was pretty cheap too.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit rare &amp; I love them crusty like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the date is easier to read in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/6qvFWT3L/nerosnake.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: NEΡΩ KΛAY KAIS SEBA GEP AVTO, laureate head right.</p><p>R: NEO AGAQ DAIM, Agathodaemon serpent, coiled with head up, holding poppies and grain ears, L ς (date) to left. Year 6.</p><p>23mm</p><p>13.11g</p><p>Milne 203; Emmett 106.6 (R4) ; RPC 5260</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Agathodaemon was a good spirit/demon that was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. </b></p><p><b>He had the shape of a serpent with a human head. </b></p><p><b>The Greek inscription on the reverse of this coin shows that this is the &quot;neo&quot; or &quot;new&quot; agathodaemon serpent, or, in other words, the new good spirit (of rule by Nero).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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