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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 24623325, member: 21445&quot;]The coin looks fine, very nice, for the type.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FQtnHY73D%2Fneroclaudtet.jpg&amp;hash=85448483b7f0cb9863d919e0c65c51af" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)</p><p>Seleucis &amp; Pieria, Antioch</p><p>AR Tetradrachm 
O: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GER, laureate head of Nero right; star behind.
</p><p>R: [DIVOS] CLAVD AVG GERMANIC PATER AVG, laureate head of Claudius right.</p><p>Syrian Mint - 63-68 AD</p><p>14.11g</p><p>26mm</p><p>Prieur 48; RPC I 4123; BMC 172; Sydenham 65 (Caesarea); RSC 2; McAlee 270.</p><p><br /></p><p>With wife he killed, when she was pregnant.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fs4.postimg.org%252Fffu58b4d9%252Fpope.jpg%26hash%3Dc5af9c4893c47edc44fe88fd754aa438&amp;hash=57cedb767204edfae9e20898c0a053fa" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)</p><p>Billon tetradrachm</p><p>O: NEPΩ KΛAY KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AY, radiate head right.</p><p>R.ΠOΠΠAIA ΣEBAΣTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, date LI right (year 10).</p><p>Alexandria mint 63 - 64 A.D.</p><p>12.5g</p><p>25mm</p><p>Milne 216, Curtis 132, RPC I 5275, Geissen 157</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Harlen J. Berk</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F6qvFWT3L%2Fnerosnake.jpg&amp;hash=01f4c37bda3994aa75e756e9e77144dc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: NEΡΩ KΛAY KAIS SEBA GEP AVTO, laureate head right.</p><p>R: NEO AGAQ DAIM, Agathodaemon serpent, coiled with head up, holding poppies and grain ears, L ς (date) to left. Year 6.</p><p>23mm</p><p>13.11g</p><p>Milne 203; Emmett 106.6 (R4) ; RPC 5260</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Agathodaemon was a good spirit/demon that was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.</b></p><p><b>He had the shape of a serpent with a human head.</b></p><p><b>The Greek inscription on the reverse of this coin shows that this is the &quot;neo&quot; or &quot;new&quot; agathodaemon serpent, or, in other words, the new good spirit (of rule by Nero).</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerosytet-jpg.1467206/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p>Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch</p><p>O: NEPΩNOΣ KAICAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis.</p><p>R: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm frond to left, H/IP (dates) to right.</p><p>Dated year 110 of the Caesarian era; RY 8 (AD 61/62).</p><p>27mm</p><p>13.4g</p><p>RPC I 4182; McAlee 258; Prieur 82.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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