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I can pile on with a Nero/Poppaea alexandrian tet


Nero and Poppaea, tetradrachm Alexandria mint, AD 63-64
NERO KLAY KAIS SEB TEP AY, radiate head of Nero right
TTOTTTTAIA SEBASTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, LI in right field
12.3 gr
Ref : RCV # 2002 v, Emmett # 129

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Here's a Nero/Agrippina Jr. from Myrina in Aeolis, 17mm 4.0 g. I plan to work on the sandy deposits at some point. There doesn't appear to be much corrosion, so I expect the gunk is hiding some detail.

Obv: ΘΕΩΝ ΝΕΡΩΝΑ CΕΒΑCΤΟΝ, Rev: ΘΕAΝ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΙΝΑΝ (kind of cool as they are both declared gods!)

 

I guess Otho comes next?

This is an AE23 from Antioch.
I particularly love the provincials of the rarer rulers, and I have a few of those up my sleeve (can we get to Anna Faustina already???)

 

Then here comes my Otho:



IMP M OTHO CAE AVG , laureate head of Otho right / large S C within laurel wreath
Bronze As or 4 Chalkoi (?)
Antiochia, February-April 69
24,76 mm / 9,28 gr
RPC 4319 and plate 164 (6 specimens cited); McAlee (The Coins of Roman Antioch) 323; MBCG p. 177, 213

 

NERO
AR Billon Tetradrachm
OBVERSE: NERW KLAV KAIS SEB GER, radiate bust right, wearing aegis
REVERSE: AVTOKPA, draped bust of Alexandria right in elephant skin headdress, LIB to right, year 12
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, 65/6AD
10.8g, 28mm
Köln 172-174; Curtis 36-54, Dattari 204, SGI 633, RPC 5289.

 

Poppy:


RI Poppea-Nero BI tetradrachm of Alexandria LI yr10 63-64 CE Milne 217 RPC 5275

 

NERO TET:


RI Nero AR Tetradrachm 54-68 CE Eagle

 

Tough to beat anything with a picture of Nero.

 

Super posts everyone!!

 

I can actually share something!


Provincial Rome - Egypt
Nero, r. 54-68 A.D. (64-5 A.D.)
Alexandria mint, BL Tetradrachm, 24.23 mm x 11.8 grams
Obv.: NEPΩ KΛAYΔOΣ ΣEB ΓEP. Radiate bust right, wearing aegis
Rev.: AYTOKPA. Eagle standing left, palm frond behind, LIA to left
Ex. Doug Smith Collection #178

Okay, I'm out for the next 150 years!

 

I believe this is the only coin issued in the name of Claudia, Nero's daughter who died as an infant in 63 BC.

Poppaea and Claudia (AD65)
Caesarea Paneas in Syria (Palestine)
AE18 - 4.35 gm
Obv: DIVA POPPAEA AVG, distyle temple containing statue of Poppaea seated left Rev: DIVA CLAVD NER F, hexastyle temple with domed roof containing statue of Claudia standing left
Reference: RPC 4846, SR2058

 

Here's a few provincials of Nero

Polemo II and Nero
Pontos. Amisos
AR drachm 3.23 gm - 17.59 mm
Obv: Diademed head of Polemon II r, on left BACIΛEωC clockwise, on right ΠOΛEMωNOC anticlockwise around; border of dots.
Rev: Laureate head of Nero r, on right ETOYC, on left IH (regnal year 18 = 55/56 AD) clockwise around; border of dots.
Reference: SGIC 5425, RPC3830


Nero, minted in Thyratria, Lydia
AE 17 - 3.02gm
Obv: NΞΡΩN ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙCΑΡ ΓΞΡ Bareheaded and draped bust r.
Rev: Double-Ax, in field ΘΥΑΤ-ΞΙΡΗ / ΝΩ-Ν
Reference: SGIC 593 Lydia

 

Here is a Germanicus from Anazarbus in Cilicia.


Struck 48/49 AD by Claudius.
28 mm. bare head of Germanicus right
bust of Zeus Olybris right, in front of mountain with acropolis
RPC 4060

 

Nero l. from Corinth.


Achaea. Corinthia, Corinth. Nero Æ20. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto
Corinthia, Corinth. Nero. 54-68 AD. Æ 20mm . Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto, Duovirs. Struck 67-68 AD. Laureate head of Nero left / Nero stands facing within tetrastyle temple. BCD Corinth 480. SNG Copenhagen 235-236. RPC I 1208.

 

Love that one, great coin.

 

Looks like it's time to move on to Galba, Otho, and Vitellius!

 

Got an Alexandrian Galba, shame about the red oxide adhesions spoiling an otherwise good detail Tet.

 

Couple more Alexandrian Tets of Otho.

 

Flavian time! Let's move on to Vespasian.


Vespasian, AD 69-79
Roman provincial Æ 24.4 mm, 9.75 g
Phrygia, Apameia, under Proconsul Plancius Varus, AD 60-79
Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙΣ[ΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΣ], laureate head of Vespasian to right
Rev: ΕΠΙ ΠΛΑΝΚΙΟΥ ΟΥΑΡΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΦΡΥΓΙΑΣ ΑΠΑΜΕΙΣ, bundle of five corn-ears
Refs: BMC 150; RPC 1389; SNG Cop-210.

 

VESPASIAN
AE3
OBVERSE: KAICAP OYECΠACIANOC TOMI, laureate head of Vespasian right
REVERSE: TITOC KAICAP ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP, confronted busts of Titus (left) and Domitian
Struck at Tomis, Moesia Inferior, 69-79AD
3.1g, 17mm
RPC II 402

VESPASIAN
Æ Diobol
OBVERSE: AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYEΣΠAΣIANOY, laureate head right
REVERSE: LE, Draped bust of Isis right wearing uraeus crown
Struck at Alexandria, Egypt, Year 5 = 72/73 A.D
9.15 g, 24.9mm
RPC 2438; Milne 427; Emmett 217
Ex Zuzim Judaea Coins, New York