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Nero. (A.D. 54-68)

Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm 12.73 grams, Alexandria mint

Obverse: NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER, Radiate head right

Reverse: AVTO-KRA, Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing Kalathos, Date LI to right

Reference: Milne 222, Koln 160, RPC 5274, BMCGr 156: Sear 2001.

 

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Nero & Poppaea


Poppaea (63 - 65 A.D.)
Billon tetradrachm
O: NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, radiate head right.
R.ΠOΠΠAIA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, date LI right (year 10).
Alexandria mint 63 - 64 A.D.
12.5g
25mm
Milne 216, Curtis 132, RPC I 5275, Geissen 157

Ex HJB

 

My claudius tet I posted has Messlina reverse

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/le...th-roman-imperials.327939/page-8#post-3251837

 

O, i've been awaitin' fer this'un..Nero orichalcum dupondius, SPQR As, Salvs denarius, copper As SPQR (Lyons mint), Jupiter seated denarius, Rome mint

 

NERO
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERM, laureate head of Nero right.
REVERSE: DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG, Claudius' laureate head right
Struck at Caesarea, Cappodocia, 63/4AD
3.6g, 17mm
RIC 621, RSC 3, RPC 3648

NERO
AE As
OBVERSE: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP - Laureate head right
REVERSE: No legend - Victory advancing left, holding shield
Struck at Rome, 65AD
8.5g, 26mm
RIC 312, BMC 241, S 1976

NERO
AE
OBVERSE: NERWN KLAYDIOS KAISAR GER, draped bust right
REVERSE: QYAT-EIRH/NW-N, labrys (double axe)
Struck at Thyateira, Lydia, 55AD
2.97g, 17mm
RPC 2381; SNG von Aulock 3216; BMC 58; SNG Copenhagen 595;
SNG Munich 612; Weber 6931; Mionnet VII 596; Lindgren I 834

 

i really dig the Nero bipennis Bing!

 

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i'm really enjoying this melord, you've taken on a herculean marathon but i do appreciate it and am having a blast, along with the other peeps, posting, cutiin' up, being awed and laughing thanks!

 

AGRIPPINA II:


RI Agrippina II 50-59 BCE AE 26mm Egypt Bust of Euthenia w Corn in Hair RPC 5188

 

POPPEA:


RI Poppea-Nero BI tetradrachm of Alexandria LI yr10 63-64 CE Milne 217 RPC 5275

 

Nero & Statilia Messalina, Æ27 as, Galba ctmk., 10.54g Nicaea, Bythinia,
O: NERWN K[LAU]DIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS GE, laureate head left, rectangular countermark GALB[A].
R: ME[SSALEIN]A [GYNE SEBASTOY] Statilia Messalina as Securitas seated right.
Unique mule - Obverse die RPC 2057, Reverse die RPC 2061; Listed in Wildwinds as RPC 2061cf, countermark Howgego 591

Statilia Messalina was the third and last wife of Nero, empress from 66-68. Her great beauty and intelligence kept her alive during some of the most turbulent years of the early empire.

After several failed attempts to strangle his first wife, Claudia Octavia, to death, Nero divorced her for barrenness and she was forced into suicide. Nero kicked his second wife, Poppaea Sabina who was pregnant at the time, to death. Going into a deep depression (Women, can't live with them, can't live without them!) he found comfort in his new bride, Statilia Messalina. All it took was the forced suicide of her husband and Nero was able to have her all to himself.

She must have been a most clever woman as she survived the revolution and civil war that followed, even being betrothed to Otho before he too met an untimely end. Suetonius reports that of the two letters Otho wrote the night before he committed suicide, one of them was to Statilia.

 

man, i had one of those in my cart a while back and sumbody else bought it before i could muster up the money...smh! ..nice coin Brian, ole buddy

 

I went back and dug up our original correspondence (31-Aug-2017), about you having it in a cart, and it got away. LOL, I wanted to make SURE it twas not me! NOPE! 'Twasn't...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ro...many-can-we-cover.300235/page-15#post-2840883

I checked my records, and I got mine 14-Oct-2016... Shooowee! Glad I do not have a guilt trip!

 

CLODIUS MACER:

NOPE, I went back and searched CT for any posting owners. None. Here is one from ACSEARCH.com. This one hammered at $175,000.00:


Clodius Macer. Silver Denarius (3.62 g), Governor of Africa, AD 68. Carthage. L CLODI-VS MACER, S C below bust, bare head of Clodius Macer right. Reverse PRO/PRAE in two lines above, AFRICAE below, war galley with aplustre and five oarsmen sailing right. RIC 37; K. V. Hewitt, NC 1983, 55 (dies 31/37) = L. Mildenberg, Vestigia Leonis p. 362, pl. LI, 1 (this coin); A. Gara, RIN 1970, p. 67, 7, and pl. 1, 11/12; BMC 1; RSC 13. An excellent portrait unusually well-centered, complete and of excellent metal. Attractive old cabinet toning further adds to its appeal. Exceedingly rare and probably the finest specimen known. Superb Extremely Fine. L. Clodius Macer was the propraetorian legate of the Legio III Augusta based in Numidia during the latter part of Nero's reign. Historically, he was thought to have rebelled against Nero in the name of the Senate of Rome, but recent study into the language employed by Tacitus in his history of the period throws a shadow over this interpretation. It seems instead that perhaps Macer was first a loyal partisan of Nero, and only when overtaken by the events of Nero's suicide did he find himself in opposition to Galba. In this view, Nero sent his influential mistress, Calvia Crispinilla, to Africa to assure Macer's loyalty to the throne after Galba had publicly declared his support for Vindex's uprising, and that it was only after Galba came to power that Macer began to act in a more arbitrary manner, using his naval forces in an attempted investment of Sicily to blockade Rome and cut off her grain supply (see G. Morgan,"Clodius Macer and Calvia Crispinilla," Historia: Zeitschrift fr Alte Geschichte 49, 4 [4th Quarter, 2000]: pp. 467-87). Supporting this interpretation of events is the evidence from Macer's coinage. While it has often been suggested that Macer was attempting to either reestablish the Roman Republic, or alternately that he aspired to the throne himself, these arguments do not hold up upon closer scrutiny. The first argument is based on the fact that Macer was even striking precious metal coinage, a purely imperial prerogative for the past century, and that for designs he chose types prevalent during the imperatorial period. Countering this is that both Galba and perhaps also Vindex preempted him, striking anonymous issues themselves, and Macer's choice of types merely provided the consumer the comfort of the conventional since earlier denarii of course still circulated widely in Africa in the AD 60s. The second argument is based in part on the fact that Macer put his name on his coins, and that on one issue - probably his last - he even included his own portrait. Although it is true that Macer's denarii are not anonymous, with notable modesty they all clearly give his title as mere procurator of a legion in Africa. There is also ample precedent for using his own portrait, which notably is not laureate. Additionally, although it seems highly improbable that the Senate ever empowered Macer to strike coinage, all of his coins without exception claim to be operating S C. This and his modest title are compelling enough reasons to see that Macer had no delusional grandeur of aspiring to the purple, and should instead be seen as putting the best face on his own actions while at the same time reassuring the people that his money was sound.After Macer's capture and execution by order of Galba, it would seem that his coins were immediately recalled and melted, the bullion of which was used for a short time at the Carthaginian mint to strike coins all with a comparably provincial style for Galba. Hewitt records 77 known dies for Macer's coinage and extrapolates that there may have been more than 180 in total, so it was apparently substantial. However, very specimens survive today - fewer than 85 coins of all types, with at most just twenty being portrait denarii - making this coin one of the rarest in the entire history of Roman Imperial coinage. Estimated Value $50,000-UP Ex Barry Feirstein Collection (NAC 39, 16 May 2007), 107; James Fox Collection (CNG/NAC 40, 4 December 1996), 1402; Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins. The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, pt. I (Sotheby's, 19 June 1990), 126; Sternberg III (29-30 November 1974), 47; Tunis Hoard.

 

VINDEX:

I know that @AncientJoe has posted a gorgeous example in the past on CT.

I have a couple that are a little more circulated...

#1

Vindex, in Gaul, revolted against Nero, but had no legions. He asked Galba, in Spain, to help and Vindex quickly raised a large army. However, the commander on the Rhine attacked and defeated Vindex, leaving Galba to contest for the empire.
There are several rare types minted during this period that do not name anyone. This one has a big "SPQR" in a wreath and SALVS GENERIS HVMANI, Victory advancing left.
RIC I Civil Wars 72
Struck between early March 68 (when he revolted) and May 68 (when he was killed)
Rare and seldom offered.

RI Civil War VINDEX 68-69 CE AR Denarius 3.22g Gallic mint SALVS GENERIS HVMANI Victory l globe - SPQR in wreath RIC 72 BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420 RARE o
Ex: Warren Esty


#2

RI Civil War Revolt of Vindex CE 68-69 AR Denarius ROMA RESTITVTA - IVPITER LIBERATOR Jupiter seated r Tbolt Scepter 17mm 3.02g RIC I 62 RSC 374-RARE

 

ahaha..O, the one i had in me cart wasn't as nice as yours, but you'd have nothing to feel bad about anyway..i put off getting it buying other coins and that's on me..never put coins you want and haven't bought on a shelf, so to speak