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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3265905, member: 56859"]Happy Birthday, Nero! I suspect you weren't quite as monstrous as some historians would have us believe.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neroannonaceressestertius-rt-jpg.778380/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p>struck in Rome, CE 63</p><p>Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship</p><p>Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerodiobol-dattari-vase-e153-jpg.726813/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero</b></p><p>Regnal year 14 (CE 67/8)</p><p>AE diobol; 27 mm, 10.9 gm</p><p>Obv: NEPΩKΛAVK[AIΣΣEBΓEPA]; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: L - IΔ; "vase" (Emmett), or "oinochoe" per others (others are probably correct)</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 1, 2 (<i>this coin</i>); Dattari cf 286; RPC 5322; Emmett 153.14; Poole (BM, 1892) cf 188?; Milne -; none in a few other minor references I own. Rare.</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3265905, member: 56859"]Happy Birthday, Nero! I suspect you weren't quite as monstrous as some historians would have us believe. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neroannonaceressestertius-rt-jpg.778380/[/IMG] [B]Nero[/B] struck in Rome, CE 63 Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerodiobol-dattari-vase-e153-jpg.726813/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero[/B] Regnal year 14 (CE 67/8) AE diobol; 27 mm, 10.9 gm Obv: NEPΩKΛAVK[AIΣΣEBΓEPA]; laureate head right Rev: L - IΔ; "vase" (Emmett), or "oinochoe" per others (others are probably correct) Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 1, 2 ([I]this coin[/I]); Dattari cf 286; RPC 5322; Emmett 153.14; Poole (BM, 1892) cf 188?; Milne -; none in a few other minor references I own. Rare. [I]ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)[/I] [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/more-to-this-than-meets-the-eye.309276/[/url][/QUOTE]
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