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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 24598776, member: 88829&quot;]Coins of the two wives of Nero are not easy to come by in silver.&nbsp; Provincial bronze is available, if you don&#039;t mind stepping outside Imperial coinage for the pics. Since no one else has picked up on this challenge in the last 24 hours, I will offer a couple of pics of coins I do not own but have watched, so that we do not stall out.&nbsp; I will even suggest a next person to approach, but if someone posts a relevant coin they own, their next preference should trump my suggestion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero&#039;s first wife was Claudia Octavia:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562726[/ATTACH] </p><p>Claudia Octavia (Augusta, 54-62). Lydia, Sardis. Æ (18mm, 4.70g, 12h). Struck under Nero, c. AD 60. </p><p>Draped bust r., wearing wreath of grain ears. R/ Demeter, holding torch in each hand, being drawn right by biga of serpents. RPC I 2999; GRPC 385. Rare, VF</p><p>(Available on Vcoins)</p><p><br /></p><p>His second wife was Poppea Sabina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562727[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thrace. Perinthos. Poppaea AD 62-65. Struck under Nero 59-63 AD</p><p>Bronze Æ&nbsp; 25 mm, 8,15 g</p><p>ΠΟΠΠΑΙΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ, draped bust right, wearing stephane / Headdress of Isis; Π–E across field; all within laurel wreath.&nbsp; RPC 1756; Varbanov 27; Schönert 261.</p><p><br /></p><p>Savoca sold that coin in April for a few hundred Euros, but some of her coins are cheap:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562729[/ATTACH] </p><p>This Egyptian tet will hammer in a couple of weeks, starting at 10 euros.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, those are Neros wives. If this is an acceptable showing, the let us proceed to show something nice that honored the wife of Aurelian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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