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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 7803353, member: 115909&quot;]I always found that odd as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Especially since his denarii seem to be so much less common. Definitely not anywhere near the most common like the aureii are.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s particularly interesting that it’s Nero’s specifically and not any other Emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Romans had a practice called “damnatio memoriae” which means “codemnation of memory” where someone who was particularly hated would have all public mention of that person erased or destroyed.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Cassius Dio (Senator, historian and once even a Consul) one of the reasons Caligula’s denarii are so rare is because he was subjected to damnatio memoriae after he died and most of his denarii were melted down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always imagined Nero’s coins would be in a similar situation due to the people &amp; Senate hating him even more than Caligula.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet while his denarii are indeed uncommon his aureii are very common (as far as aureii go even though all aureii are pretty rare in general hence the high price tags).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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