Æ20 - Nero ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ, L Ι

Year 10 of Nero's reign in Egypt, which this coin marks with the regnal date L Ι, corresponded to a period of relative administrative stability in the province — but only just. The Alexandrian mint was already navigating the fiscal pressures that would culminate in the debasement of the provincial tetradrachm under Nero himself, who reduced its silver content dramatically around this same time.