NERO AR TETRADRACHM, ANTIOCH
McAlee 257, RPC 4181, Prieur 81, Very Fine, cleaning scratches, 24.9mm, 14.15 grams, Struck Circa. 60/61 C.E.
Obverse: NEPΩNOΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡOΣ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY around laureate bust of Nero to right, wearing aegis
Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch to left, date Z over ΘP (Nero regnal year 7, and year 109 of the Caesarean era) to right
Nicely detailed Nero Tetradrachm, lighter than appears in photo. This coin is the Sela Neronis סלע נירונית mentioned in the Mishnah, Masechet Keilim.
