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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2182552, member: 4298&quot;]Of course, posting pictures after TIF, IOM and AJ have posted them is difficult : those three should be obliged to post <i>AFTER </i>everyone else has posted theirs</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0070-210np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Nero, Denarius, </b>Rome mint, AD 64/65</p><p>NERO CAESAR, laureate head of Nero right</p><p>AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero standing facing, holding branch and victory on globe</p><p>3,32 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV #1941, Cohen #45, RIC # 47</p><p>The following comment, from NFA, auction XX catalog, # 118 :</p><p><i>Nero&#039;s coinage reform of A.D. 64 saw a reduction in the weight standard of both the aureus and denarius denominations. A whole new range of reverse types was introduced with an unmistakably imperial flavor, in marked contrast to the senatorial types of the pre-reform coinage. This coin depicts a standing figure of the emperor, wearing the radiate crown of the sun god Sol, holding a branch of peace and a small figure of Victory. An allusion to the settlement of the Parthian question, following Corbulo&#039;s successes in Armenia in A.D. 63, seems unmistakable. It is tempting to identify this reverse type with the statue of the sun god, with the facial features of the emperor, erected by Nero in front of his Domus Aurea (Golden House), which was one of the principal features of the reconstruction following the Great Fire of Rome in A.D. 64. The Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) was later erected on the site of the Domus Aurea&#039;s ornamental lake, and received its popular name from its close proximity to Nero&#039;s statue</i> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0070-310.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Nero, Dupondius </b>minted in Rome in 65 AD</p><p>NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP, Radiate head of Nero right</p><p>ROMA in ex, SC in field, Roma seated left holding wreath and parazonium, , right foot on a helmet</p><p>13.06 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV #1966, Cohen #280 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0070-410np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Nero and Agrippina, tetradrachm </b> Alexandria mint, AD 56-57</p><p>NEP KLAY KAIS SEB GEP AYTO, Laureate of Nero right</p><p>AGPITTTTINA SEBAETH, bust of Agrippina junior right LG in right field</p><p>12.5 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 1989 </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0070-420np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b> Nero and Poppaea, tetradrachm </b>Alexandria mint, AD 63-64</p><p>NERO KLAY KAIS SEB TEP AY, radiate head of Nero right</p><p>TTOTTTTAIA SEBASTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, LI in right field</p><p>12.3 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 2002 v, Emmet # 129 </p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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