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Ancient Exciting Nero Silver Tetradrachm of Antioch
Ancient Exciting Nero Silver Tetradrachm of Antioch
Ancient Exciting Nero Silver Tetradrachm of Antioch

Ancient Exciting Nero Silver Tetradrachm of Antioch

$ 250.8

Availability: 84 in stock
  • Cleaned/Uncleaned: uncleaned
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
  • Era: Ancient
  • Denomination: Silver Tetradrachm
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Condition: V F-Good Condition writing legible to most extent
  • Year: 54-68AD
  • Grade: Ungraded

    Description

    An exciting Nero ( Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus), Roman Emperor 54-68 A.D., of Antioch, 1 1/8" diameter,  Silver Tetradrachm coin-
    Obv. head of Nero (lettering fairly )legible facing right side, Reverso Eagle standing on thunderbolt.  Whether or not he in fact" fiddled when Rome burned "(64 AD) ,
    or was responsible for the fires itself, and whether he murdered his own mother, Agrippina,  his first wife and purportedly his second wife as well. Nero was adopted by Emperor Claudius, was the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and did commit suicide.
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