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Contributor: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
Issuer: NERO, AD 54-68, and POPPAEA. Year 10 (63/64 AD). Provincial issue, Egypt, Alexandria, Billon Tetradrachm (12.16 gm).
Obverse: Radiate and laureate head of Nero right
Reverse: Draped bust of Poppaea right.
Reference: Koln 157; BMC 122; Milne 217; Curtis 138. Grade: F.
Comments: For more information, read the "Nero" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Poppaea see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.