EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero. AD 54-68. Dated RY 14 (AD 67/8). Æ Diobol (26mm, 11.20 g)

Obv: Laureate head right

Rev: Serpent Agathodaemon erect right, crowned with skhent, holding grain ears and poppies in its coils; L IΔ (date) across field.

At the time and place this coin was struck, St. Mark the Apostle achieved the crown of Martyrdom.

Köln 208; Dattari (Savio) 289; K&G 14.121 corr. (Uraeus serpent illustrated); RPC I 5320; Emmett 145.14.