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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2473088, member: 56859&quot;]I think the ancient historians gave Nero a bad rap, not only about his liability or nonchalance about the fire but to most things about his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps that just my own bias speaking because I love his coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>His Imperials are wonderfully varied and artistic. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerosestertius-rt-jpg.470673/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p><b>struck in Rome, CE 63</b></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>On the opposite end of the artistry scale are his Alexandrian tetradrachms with their ramen noodle devices:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_28ad1301dda144a398dbec33bc190353.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_491,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_28ad1301dda144a398dbec33bc190353.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Nero</b></p><p>year 13, CE 66/7</p><p>tetradrachm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; NEPΩKΛAYKAIΣΣEBΓEP; radiate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Laureate bust of Apollo right; AYTOKPA; LIΓ</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 110(13) R1, Milne 248[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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