Galley under sail

Alexandria, Nero, 54-68 A.D.

BI Tetradrachm, 13.50g.  24mm.   Dated year 13= 66/67 A.D.  Radiate head of Nero to left.  Rev. Galley under sail to right on waves; two dolphins in water.  Dattari 263.  Geissen 184. BMC 177.  Exceptional quality with much of the silvering intact.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction 8, 1978, lot 488.

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about Extremely Fine $2,250.