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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3346218, member: 56859&quot;]Elagabalus?&nbsp; He seems immature and weird but not evil.&nbsp; Fabulous coin though <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah... &quot;apparently&quot;... I&#039;m very skeptical of many of the stories we&#039;ve come to believe about Nero.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, here are a couple of Neros:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neroannonaceressestertius-rt-jpg.778380/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p>struck in Rome, CE 63</p><p>Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship</p><p>Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerodiobol-dattari-vase-e153-jpg.726813/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero</b></p><p>Regnal year 14 (CE 67/8)</p><p>AE diobol; 27 mm, 10.9 gm</p><p>Obv: NEPΩKΛAVK[AIΣΣEBΓEPA]; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: L - IΔ; &quot;vase&quot; (Emmett), or &quot;oinochoe&quot; per others (others are probably correct)</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 1, 2 (<i>this coin</i>); Dattari cf 286; RPC 5322; Emmett 153.14; Poole (BM, 1892) cf 188?; Milne -; none in a few other minor references I own. Rare.</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus generally ranks high among emperors thought of as evil:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/commodus-threegraces-marcianopolis-rt-jpg.802207/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MOESIA INFERIOR, Markianopolis. Commodus</b></p><p>AE 25mm, 8.5 gm</p><p>circa CE 177-192</p><p>Obv: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right </p><p>Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ; the Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds amphora over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over amphora</p><p>Ref: Hristova &amp; Jekov 6.10.26.4; RPC IV online 4319; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads).</p><p><br /></p><p>Caligula certainly makes the list.&nbsp; All I have is this mediocre and overpriced common bronze, purchased at a coin show in 2014:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caligulavesta-jpg.761602/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Caligula (Gaius), CE 37-41</b></p><p>CE 37-38, Rome mint</p><p>AE As, 30 mm, 10.6 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre</p><p>Ref: RIC 38, Sear5 1803, Cohen 27[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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