Bronze Medal

I ran across this Medal today,
And at least would like to find out who this woman is, even if you haven't seen anything like it before, it supposedly has come from a pretty reputable Estate. I haven't bought it!
but would like to if I cant find any more history about it.
It is approximately 4" across and is either plated steel? or, Bronze? Sorry for the terrible cell pics.

 

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Start translating. haha


Source:
AVGVSTARVM IMAGINES AERAEIS FORMIS EXPRESSAE: Vitae quoque earundem breuiter ...
By Enea Vico

 

That's great!
Thanks, so your telling me theirs a chance!

 

Well we should be hearing something else from you when......sometime in in early 2018?

 

Look around Neronis. You'll never guess where that is

 

For the love of God, I don't speak Japanese.........

 

Who?

 

Looks like the back was soldered on to something like a pin, broche, etc. ?

 

Second wife of Nero, Neronis apparently means "of Nero"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppaea_Sabina

 

Thank you!

 

That was his first mistake........ever wonder why he burned down the town?

 

Actually one story I saw said he killed her by jumping on her stomach...

 

Better to burn down the town.....

 

I was about to say - 'uxor' is wife, so wife of 'imp' (emperor) Nero makes sense. Clearly a modern piece, but interesting.

 

How "New" do you date Modern? 1800's -1900's?

 

Eh, 1600 on, but I would imagine this medal fits into the 1800-1900 range

 

Are you able to translate this? I can pick up a few words, and guess the text, but haven't A clue.

 

It's Poppaea, the wife of Nero as depicted on this Alexandrian tetradrachm:


Nero and Poppaea Sabina, his second wife
Billon Tetradrachm; 23.1 mm, 11.55 g
Alexandria, AD 64/65
Obv: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΑV, radiate head of Nero, right
Rev: ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust of Poppaea, right, LIA (year 11) before.
Refs: RCV 2002; SGI 664; RPC 5280; Köln 168; BMCG 124; Milne 223; Curtis 138; Cohen 315, 3.

 

The whole thing? My vocabulary isn't good enough to read straight - I'd have to sit down with a dictionary and it would take a couple of hours. From what I can make out, it's something about her being held in high honors, and seems to be a biography.

 

I was catching little bits and parts, that seemed to be pointing to her life, but, couldn't put it together either, Thank you!