Nero, AD. 54-68 AE as, 9.1g, 27mm, 6h Rome mint Issue V, c. AD 66. OBV. ; IMP NERO CAESAR AVG. GERM; laureate head left. Rev.; PACE PR VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT; Temple of Janus with closed doors; S-C Edited to correct photo. The temple was on its side. Kind of hard to reach the door.
Dupondius of Nero, Obverse IPM NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P PP “Emperor Nero Caesar Augustus Pontifex Maximus (High priest in Roman religion) Tribunicia (Representative of the people) Pater Patriae (Father of his country)” Reverse: VICTORIA AUGUSTI “ Victory for our emperiors” S C “Senatus Consultus” Sear 1970 Senatus Consultus—usually on bronze coins, by the consent of the Roman Senate. The goddess of victory Denarius of Nero, Obverse NERO CAESAR AVG GERM “Nero caesar augustus Germanicus” Reverse: VESTA Vesta - the goddess of home and hearth. This denarius of Nero features the temple of Vesta on the reverse. Vesta is the virgin Roman goddess of the hearth and home. The temple was one of Nero’s rebuilding projects after Rome’s big fire which destroyed a large part of the city in 64 AD. Sear - 1946 Some believe that Nero had blond hair. If Nero had had his way, he would have been an entertainer. Instead he became an emperor after his mother killed off Caudius to get him there. In some ways he was just a spoiled brat, but he was not as bad as some emperors. Caligula and Caracalla were worse.
I was able to edit it. Thank you. I didn’t notice it was on its side. lol Hooe you did get too dizzy.
@johnmilton beautiful dupondius! Congrats! Below is the largest Nero I have, an As, 11.0 g., 29 mm.: Nero, Rome, 62-68 AD, Rome As, 11.0 g., 29 mm. Obv.: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, laureate head right. Rev.: Victory flying left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R; in fields, S - C. Attrib.: RIC I 312
@philologus_1 just for completeness, other attributions for your Nero - Victory coin are: RIC² 312; BMCRE (Vol. 1, Mint of Rome, Nero, As, Type D, p. 246) 241; Cohen 288; CBN 399; RCV I 1976; Many varieties exist in both RIC (27 varieties) and Cohen. This issue, RIC² 312, was struck between 62 - 66 AD
Nice! One of history's colorful characters, for sure! This was mine until this May, when I sold off my Twelve Caesars collection.
Thank you @cmezner for the attribution info. I actually found one source that nailed it down specifically to 65 AD. But RIC Online cites it as 62-68 AD, and I went with that dating for this post. re: "colorful"... And your gold image of him is an especially nice color of him to have in a collection!
Nero billon tetradrachm of Alexandria Egypt, r. bust of Poppea, LI ry.10 63-64AD Milne 217, RPC 5275 obv. Radiate head of Nero right rev. Draped bust of Poppea right, LI before diameter: 23mm weight: 12.8g Antioch, Syria Nero Regnal year 8, Caesarian year 110, (AD 61/62) AR Tetradrachm 25 mm x 14.05 grams Obverse: NERWNOS KAISAROS SEBASTOU, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm branch before, H/IP behind. Ref: RPC4182 Ex: @Ancientnoob
My only Nero. AD 65,66 Alexandria Egypt, Nero AD54-68 25mm 12.5g Dated RY 12. Radiate bust of Nero right, wearing Aegis / Draped bust right of Alexandria, wearing elephant skin cap. LIB Date Koln 172-4; Dattari (Savio) 204; K&G 14.88; RPC I 5289; Emmett 109.12.
Here is my only Nero. It came in an NGC slab, Choice XF, 4/5 strike, 5/5 surface, Boscoreale tone. 7.26 gr. Pedigree: -Leu Numismatik, auction 12, lot 1062, 2022, From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang; -ex Hirsch 279, 8 February 2012, 2310 and -Aufhäuser 13, 7-8 October 1997, 304. -Possibly from the Boscoreale Hoard.
Nero. AD 54-68. AR Denarius (16.5 mm, 3.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 64-65 AD. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head of Nero right / IVPPITER [CVSTOS], Jupiter, naked to the waist, cloak around lower body, seated left on throne holding long scepter in left hand and thunderbolt in right hand. This reverse type commemorates the protection of Nero from the Pisonian Conspiracy. Events of the years AD 64-65 defined the subsequent reputation of Nero as a cruel and self-indulgent ruler. In AD 64, a large section of central Rome burned; Nero's reputed singing of the destruction of Troy during the fire led to the later association of him "fiddling" as the city burned. Within the charred remains of the city's center, Nero constructed the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, so named because of the gilded tiles on its exterior. Nero's "excesses" resulted in a conspiracy to overthrow and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among the conspirators were many high-ranking members of Nero's court including Seneca the Younger, the poet Lucan, and Petronius, who called himself Nero's "arbiter of elegance." To Nero, the failure of a conspiracy made up of those so close to him could have been achieved only through divine intervention. As the king of the gods oversaw the security of the Roman state, Nero believed it was Jupiter the Guardian (Custos) who had saved him from harm. Nero (54-68 AD). AE Sestertius (34 mm, 24.18 g). Uncertain Balkan/Thracian mint. Struck circa 64 AD. N[E]RO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M T[R P] IMP P P, Laureate head right. / Triumphal arch with wreath hung between pillars surmounted by statuary group of Nero in quadriga, escorted by Victory and Pax and flanked by soldiers; statue of Mars in niche on left side of arch, SC across field. RPC 1758. Coins sometimes are the only evidence that survives to illustrate lost Roman monuments, such as the Arcus Neronis, a monument that probably did not long survive Nero’s downfall. Details of the date and the location of the arch are sketchy, but the coinage provides an excellent understanding of its form, and, with some variety, we can appreciate the relief’s decorative elements and statues that adorned it. It is generally accepted that the arch celebrates the victories of the general Corbulo over the Parthians, and that it was built on the Capitoline Hill sometime between 58 and 62. Its precise location has not been determined from ancient sources or from archaeological investigation, though proximity to the Temple of Vejovis or the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus have both been suggested. This coin was struck during one of the rare moments of peace within the Empire. Suetonius (Nero 15) describes the visit to Rome of Tiridates, Rome’s candidate for the throne of the buffer-state Armenia after Corbulo’s victories over the Parthians. Tiridates made a ceremonial supplication to Nero, was crowned king of his native land, after which, Suetonius reports, “The people then hailed Nero as Imperator and, after dedicating a laurel-wreath in the Capitol, he closed the double doors of the Temple of Janus, as a sign that all war was at an end.”
