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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7654381, member: 99554"][ATTACH=full]1315900[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><i>He had lived thirty years and nine months, out of which he had ruled thirteen years and eight months. Of the descendants of Aeneas and of Augustus he was the last, as was plainly indicated by the fact that the laurels planted by Livia and the breed of white chickens perished shortly before his death. </i>(Cassius Dio LXIII)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>He met his death in the thirty-second year of his age, on the anniversary of the murder of Octavia, and such was the public rejoicing that the people put on liberty-caps and ran about all over the city. Yet there were some who for a long time decorated his tomb with spring and summer flowers, and now produced his statues on the rostra in the fringed toga, and now his edicts, as if he were still alive and would shortly return and deal destruction to his enemies.</i> (Suetonius LXVII)</p><p><br /></p><p>What can we say about the Neronian coinage ? It so so wide and varied that I do not know where to start...but here're a few facts: he instituted many reforms of the coinage. The weight of the aureus was reduced from 7.85 to 7.2g, and the production of this gold denomination was increased. The silver coinage was reduced in purity to about 93%. Nero also started producing asses in brass (orichalcum), that we can differentiate from the dupondius with the radiate style bust. After the Great Fire of 64 AD, the goal was to mint more coins more cheaply. Anyway, we say "a picture's worth a thousand words", so on the day he died, <b>PLEASE SHOW US YOUR NERO'S COINS !</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Nero As</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1315898[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Nero Dupondius</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1315899[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 7654381, member: 99554"][ATTACH=full]1315900[/ATTACH] [I]He had lived thirty years and nine months, out of which he had ruled thirteen years and eight months. Of the descendants of Aeneas and of Augustus he was the last, as was plainly indicated by the fact that the laurels planted by Livia and the breed of white chickens perished shortly before his death. [/I](Cassius Dio LXIII) [I]He met his death in the thirty-second year of his age, on the anniversary of the murder of Octavia, and such was the public rejoicing that the people put on liberty-caps and ran about all over the city. Yet there were some who for a long time decorated his tomb with spring and summer flowers, and now produced his statues on the rostra in the fringed toga, and now his edicts, as if he were still alive and would shortly return and deal destruction to his enemies.[/I] (Suetonius LXVII) What can we say about the Neronian coinage ? It so so wide and varied that I do not know where to start...but here're a few facts: he instituted many reforms of the coinage. The weight of the aureus was reduced from 7.85 to 7.2g, and the production of this gold denomination was increased. The silver coinage was reduced in purity to about 93%. Nero also started producing asses in brass (orichalcum), that we can differentiate from the dupondius with the radiate style bust. After the Great Fire of 64 AD, the goal was to mint more coins more cheaply. Anyway, we say "a picture's worth a thousand words", so on the day he died, [B]PLEASE SHOW US YOUR NERO'S COINS ! Nero As [ATTACH=full]1315898[/ATTACH] Nero Dupondius [ATTACH=full]1315899[/ATTACH] [/B][/QUOTE]
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