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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3387531, member: 56859"]Nero's reign has high points in numismatic art, as shown on the reverse of this sestertius...</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>...and low points, as evidenced by the Ramen Noodle School of Die Engraving in Egypt:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_28ad1301dda144a398dbec33bc190353.jpg_srz_p_1000_491_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero</b></p><p>year 13, CE 66/7</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv: NEPΩKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEP; radiate head right</p><p>Rev: Laureate bust of Apollo right; AYTOKPA; LIΓ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 110.13; Milne 248[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3387531, member: 56859"]Nero's reign has high points in numismatic art, as shown on the reverse of this sestertius... [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 ...and low points, as evidenced by the Ramen Noodle School of Die Engraving in Egypt: [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_28ad1301dda144a398dbec33bc190353.jpg_srz_p_1000_491_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero[/B] year 13, CE 66/7 tetradrachm Obv: NEPΩKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEP; radiate head right Rev: Laureate bust of Apollo right; AYTOKPA; LIΓ Ref: Emmett 110.13; Milne 248[/QUOTE]
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