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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1966284, member: 56859&quot;]I was happy to add many interesting Roman Alexandrian coins to my growing subset.&nbsp; I bought a disproportionate number of Neros.&nbsp; At WFOM, his Alexandrian coins were by far the most numerous of the early emperors.&nbsp; He must&#039;ve minted considerably more coins than did the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Alexandrians usually won&#039;t win beauty contests but I enjoy collecting them.&nbsp; Buying Emmett&#039;s book may be partly responsible for the urge to buy more.&nbsp; I&#039;d better be careful about future book-buying.&nbsp; Calico&#039;s volumes on Roman aurei might lead to financial ruin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347990[/ATTACH]</p><p>Year 3; reverse is Demos of Romans.&nbsp; This was a nice and unexpected find at the table of a mostly US dealer.&nbsp; This reverse is only found on Nero&#039;s coins.&nbsp; The obverse is worn and weak but given the scarcity, I&#039;m happy.&nbsp; Emmett 116(3), R3.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347989[/ATTACH]</p><p>Year 10; his wife Poppaea on the reverse.&nbsp; Emmett 128(10), R1.&nbsp; Just about every dealer who had some Alexandrian tetradrachms had at least one Nero/Poppaea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of Poppaea, based on various ancient texts, I&#039;m not convinced he killed her.&nbsp; I suspect Nero was less horrible than we think.&nbsp; It does sound like he was a bit of a party boy but he was far from the worst or most twisted emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]347988[/ATTACH]</p><p>Year 13.&nbsp; Apollo reverse.&nbsp; Emmett 110(13), R1.&nbsp; Fairly common but this was the nicest out of many I found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have some Alexandrian Neros?&nbsp; Please post them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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