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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7474264, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1294027[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.3" rel="nofollow">Charles Meynier, 1798, Apollo & Urania, Cleveland Museum of Art</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="nofollow">Creative Commons 1.0 License</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>In AD 67, Nero went on a grand tour of Greece, chafing the norms of decorum with his participation in games, including music (kithara or lyre) and chariot events, and his theatrical (perhaps fraudulent is a better word) garnering of awards:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Nero stayed in Greece for more than a year participating in all the major and minor festivals. He took part in the Actian games at Nicopolis which had been established by Augustus to celebrate his victory at Actium over Mark Anthony. In addition, he entered himself as competitor in many events and won the title "Periodonikes" victor [circuit-victor], in all four major Games [Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and the Isthmus]. He loved and practiced wrestling all the time and everywhere in Greece he watched the athletic competitions like the officials of the games. He not only won at competitions in which he took part, but even in those in which he did not. The name of Olympian victor rang as gloriously in his ear as any title of Roman imperial distinction. He gained about 1,800 prizes in various festivals."</p><p>- Mouratidis, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43606900" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/43606900" rel="nofollow">Nero: The Artist, the Athlete and His Downfall</a>, p.18</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin commemorates the Nemean Games of August 66 or 67 AD, the athletic and musical competition held every 4 years in the grove of Zeus Nemeios in the city of Argos. Nero is said to have competed in these games. The winners of the Nemean games were crowned with celery leaves as Zeus is crowned on this coin. Laurel leaves were used at other games.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1294065[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Nero</b>, AD 54-68, BI tetradrachm, dated year 14=A.D. 67/8, scarce type</p><p><b>Obv: </b>NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, L IΔ (date), radiate head left, wearing aegis</p><p><b>Rev:</b> NEMEIOΣ ZEVΣ, head of Zeus Nemeios right, crowned with celery leaves</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Milne 279; Emmett 136; RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5308" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5308" rel="nofollow">5308</a></p><p><b>Note:</b> much more information in "<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/nero-periodonikes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/nero-periodonikes" rel="nofollow">Nero, Periodonikes</a>"</p><p><br /></p><p>As <a href="https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/periodos-periodonikes-e914390" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/periodos-periodonikes-e914390" rel="nofollow">Periodonikes</a>, winner of the grand-slam of Greek athletics, Nero celebrated in Rome in a chariot of white horses, surrounded by victory wreaths, the same chariot used by Augustus in triumph. This surely didn't add to the Roman elite's disdain for Greek athletics or Nero, even if there might have been some popular enjoyment of the spectacle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments, coins, corrections, and additional references are always appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Share your coins connected to Greek and Roman games or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7474264, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1294027[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3][URL='https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.3']Charles Meynier, 1798, Apollo & Urania, Cleveland Museum of Art[/URL], [URL='https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/']Creative Commons 1.0 License[/URL][/SIZE] In AD 67, Nero went on a grand tour of Greece, chafing the norms of decorum with his participation in games, including music (kithara or lyre) and chariot events, and his theatrical (perhaps fraudulent is a better word) garnering of awards: "Nero stayed in Greece for more than a year participating in all the major and minor festivals. He took part in the Actian games at Nicopolis which had been established by Augustus to celebrate his victory at Actium over Mark Anthony. In addition, he entered himself as competitor in many events and won the title "Periodonikes" victor [circuit-victor], in all four major Games [Olympia, Delphi, Nemea and the Isthmus]. He loved and practiced wrestling all the time and everywhere in Greece he watched the athletic competitions like the officials of the games. He not only won at competitions in which he took part, but even in those in which he did not. The name of Olympian victor rang as gloriously in his ear as any title of Roman imperial distinction. He gained about 1,800 prizes in various festivals." - Mouratidis, [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/43606900']Nero: The Artist, the Athlete and His Downfall[/URL], p.18 This coin commemorates the Nemean Games of August 66 or 67 AD, the athletic and musical competition held every 4 years in the grove of Zeus Nemeios in the city of Argos. Nero is said to have competed in these games. The winners of the Nemean games were crowned with celery leaves as Zeus is crowned on this coin. Laurel leaves were used at other games. [ATTACH=full]1294065[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt, Alexandria, Nero[/B], AD 54-68, BI tetradrachm, dated year 14=A.D. 67/8, scarce type [B]Obv: [/B]NEPΩ KΛAV KAIΣ ΣEB ΓEP AV, L IΔ (date), radiate head left, wearing aegis [B]Rev:[/B] NEMEIOΣ ZEVΣ, head of Zeus Nemeios right, crowned with celery leaves [B]Ref: [/B]Milne 279; Emmett 136; RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/5308']5308[/URL] [B]Note:[/B] much more information in "[URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/nero-periodonikes']Nero, Periodonikes[/URL]" As [URL='https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/periodos-periodonikes-e914390']Periodonikes[/URL], winner of the grand-slam of Greek athletics, Nero celebrated in Rome in a chariot of white horses, surrounded by victory wreaths, the same chariot used by Augustus in triumph. This surely didn't add to the Roman elite's disdain for Greek athletics or Nero, even if there might have been some popular enjoyment of the spectacle. Comments, coins, corrections, and additional references are always appreciated. [B]Share your coins connected to Greek and Roman games or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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