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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24628230, member: 87809&quot;][USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER] that&#039;s an impressive and very informative write-up. Thank you so much for sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to answer your questions:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if it is from the first issues struck at Blaundus. Actually, I spent a lot of time looking for information about this coin. One of the documents I found is a PhD&nbsp; dissertation that on its page 108 (114 of the pdf) has an image and description of the coin, which was my main interest. The dissertation is titled &quot;CHAOS AND CLAIRVOYANCE: APOLLO IN ASIA MINOR AND IN THE APOCALYPSE&quot; by Andrew Courtras, 2018. The apocalypse parts are not of interest for me, but he certainly discusses Apollo. Here is the link: </p><p><a href="https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2280&amp;context=ecommonsatsdissertations" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2280&amp;context=ecommonsatsdissertations" rel="nofollow">https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2280&amp;context=ecommonsatsdissertations</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another PhD dissertation that I found is by Lucia Carbone, &quot;Romanizing’ Asia: the impact of Roman imperium on the administrative and monetary systems of the Provincia Asia&quot;, Columbia University, 2016 which downloads automatically from here:</p><p><a href="https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8HT2X2S/download" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8HT2X2S/download" rel="nofollow">https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8HT2X2S/download</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On later issues of Nero, it is clear from the many references that Apollo had a special significance for Nero. However, on this coin he is portrayed as a very young boy, and I just question if at that age Apollo had the significance that he had later for Nero, and if this is really The Nero, or if it could be another emperor whose name was Tiberius Claudius Nero. The many examples I searched just say Nero or even that the Magistrate&#039;s name is Tiberius Claudius Calligenes; it seems that I&#039;m not the only one confused.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is quoted from the first dissertation I mentioned: </p><p>Even after Asia Minor fell under Roman control, Apollo remained a deity grounded in the Greek practices of religion. He represented the Greek and indigenous cultures of Asia Minor; Rome had adopted the Hellenic Apollo. Apollo also had the role of guarantor and protector of the empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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