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Message:: [QUOTE="Macromius, post: 2906922, member: 90772"]Ro1974's Nero coin got me thinking about this very large antique print that's dominated my workroom for decades. It's titled "In The Time Of Nero." It's signed Forty, Roma. Oddly, I've had this in my collection long before I started collecting Roman coins. The artist seems to me to be an Alma-Tadema imitator. The provenance is curious. This image used to hang outside Earl Long's office in the old statehouse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That would date it in the late 20's to early 30's. Earl Long was "The Kingfish" Huey Long's brother. (There was a Paul Newman movie made about Louisiana governor Earl Long in 1989 titled "Blaze". Blaze was the name of a notorious stripper that Long was involved with. Typical Louisiana politics! It's an amusing, but very idealized, movie.) I think it is significant that there are black slaves depicted in this image. I don't know if anyone here will find this interesting, but I consider this an accessory to my Roman collection. Does anyone else have things that are not coins but enhance your collection? Like a statue perhaps...anything...Cheers! Please click on images to see full size.[ATTACH=full]701331[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]701332[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]701326[/ATTACH] .[/QUOTE]