The introduction of Poppaea's portrait on the Alexandrian coinage
Lot 1991
EGYPT. Alexandria. Nero, with Poppaea, 54-68. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25 mm, 11.59 g, 12 h), RY 9 = 62/3. ΝЄΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙC CЄΒ ΓЄΡ ΑΥΤΟ Laureate head of Nero to right. Rev. ΠOΠΠAIA CЄBA[CTH] / L ЄΝΑ Draped bust of Poppaea to right; to right, star. Dattari (Savio) 194. Emmett 128.9. K&G 14.73 corr. (differing obverse legend). RPC I 5267. Very rare for this regnal year. Minor flan faults on the reverse, otherwise, about very fine.

From the Rhakotis Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s (with collector’s ticket).

This regnal year saw the introduction of Poppaea's portrait on the Alexandrian coinage.
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