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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8280554, member: 110350&quot;]Here&#039;s a little coin I bought because I thought the young head of Nero was quite well-done, and the reverse design was interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero AR Drachm, AD 56/57 (Year 3), Syria, Seleucis &amp; Pieria, Antioch Mint. Obv. Laureate head of young Nero right, ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣ ΣΕΒΑ (beginning at upper right) / Rev. Tripod altar (supporting cauldron) with serpent entwined around center leg; ΔΡΑ-ΧΜΗ to sides (ΔΡΑ upwards on left; ΧΜΗ downwards on right), forming single word ΔΡΑΧΜΗ (“drachma”); above cauldron, EP [for Year 105 of Caesarean Era) and Γ [for Nero’s Regnal Year 3]. McAlee 278(a) at p. 140 &amp; n. 214 (ill. p. 141); Prieur 78; RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. I 4179 (1992); RPC Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4179" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4179" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/4179</a>.&nbsp; 18 mm., 3.65 g., 1 h. <i>Purchased at CNG [Classical Numismatic Group, LLC] E-Auction 512, 23 March 2022, Lot 399.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1462336[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone know if the serpent entwined around the central leg of the tripod has any particular meaning? I&#039;ve certainly seen other tripod altars with dolphins and ravens, etc. (as on coins of Vitellius), but I don&#039;t remember seeing any with serpents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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