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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7935111, member: 91461&quot;]Nero, Claudius and Drusus...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372533[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>walk into a bar. Then Nero Claudius Drusus walks in with the beers and says, &quot;Io, great grandson, son and nephew! *large belch.* Drink up for you&#039;ll all be undone by the women closest to you!&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372545[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s keep in mind his mother was Livia, wife of AUGUSTUS. As well, he was father of wildly popular general Germanicus... father of Caligula <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372562[/ATTACH]</p><p>Such an impressive legacy and lineage. Like so many from the line, post JC, his short life was celebrated and marred in mystery.</p><p>One of the largest mysteries lingers of whether his fall from a horse, a month before his death, was the cause of his death or the visit from brother Tiberius directly before.</p><p>With the history we receive coming from individuals who&#039;d gain from slandering the &quot;Great&quot; families in question, these days I tend to doubt a lot of the sensationalism.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372527[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A glaring gap in my Julio-Claudian collection. I was already on the lookout for an affordable coin of this popular and enigmatic figure. I was intrigued by this well used, but brutalized, coin.</p><p>It certainly appears to intentionally scar his portrait. But why?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372565[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nero Claudius Drusus - Drusus Seated Sestertius. 41-42 AD. Rome mint. Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP legend with bare head left. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P legend with figure seated left on curule chair holding branch with arms beneath; SC below. RIC 93;&nbsp; mm, 24 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see more examples and read your thoughts on his legacy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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