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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8291328, member: 84744&quot;]That&#039;s a great type, congrats on finally having it in hand!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465696[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=26430]@Curtis[/USER] notes, on some dies at least the reverse does look somewhat like Nero.&nbsp; (I had one like that as a kid with a terrible obverse.&nbsp; I actually got it from a pick bin!&nbsp; Wish I&#039;d kept it.)&nbsp; Also worth noting that Apollo is normally represented in a rather androgynous fashion, something that Nero wasn&#039;t averse to himself, so I&#039;m sure the actual portrayal on the reverse would have appealed to him.&nbsp; Portraying him isn&#039;t necessarily the same as looking like him, even if the obverse has realistic portraiture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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