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bronze 80 drachma
coin of Cleopatra VII, Alexandria, 51-30 BCE
shows youthful head of
Cleopatra with melon hairstyle and band-style diadem.
Glasgow, Hunterian
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2004
Keywords: Hellenistic queen
gold coin with head
of Nero, Rome, 50-54 CE
This coin, issued by Claudius, shows a Nero as a
youth before his accession as emperor. The inscription reads “For Nero
Claudius Drusus Germanicus, consul designate” (NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM.
COS. DESIGN.).
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2004
Keywords: aureus
gold coin
with facing portraits of Nero and Agrippina the Younger on obverse, Rome,
54 CE
One of the first precious metal coins struck by Nero upon his
accession as emperor. The inscription reads “Agrippina Augusta, wife of
the Divine Claudius, mother of Nero Caesar” (AGRIPP. AVG. DIVI CLAVD.
NERONIS CAES. MATER). Nero's inscription appears only on the reverse of the
coin around an oak wreath.
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 2004
Keywords: aureus
gold coin
with yoked heads of Nero and Agrippina the Younger on obverse, Rome, end 54
- 55 CE
The third precious metal coinage of Nero as emperor. The inscription
reads “Nero, son of the Divine Claudius, Imperator, holder of Tribunician
power, consul” (NERO CLAUD. DIVI F. CAES. AVG. GERM. IMP. TR. P. COS.).
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2004
Keywords:
aureus
gold coin with head
of Nero, Rome, 56-57 CE
This coin shows a still youthful looking Nero.
The inscription reads “Nero Cæsar Augustus Imperator” (NERO
CAESAR AVG. IMP.).
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2004
Keywords: aureus
gold coin with head
of Nero, Rome, 63-64 CE
This coin shows an older and fatter Nero. The
inscription reads “Nero Cæsar Augustus” (NERO CAESAR
AVGVSTVS).
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2004
Keywords: aureus
gold coin with head
of Nero, Rome, 65-68 CE
This coin shows a considerably fatter Nero
wearing a laurel wreath. The inscription reads “Nero Cæsar Augustus
Imperator” (NERO CAESAR AVG. IMP.)
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 2004
Keywords: aureus
sestertius of Trajan, Rome, 103-111 CE
This coin shows a temple with colonnades on each side.
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 2004
aureus of Trajan, 112-117 CE
This coin shows the god Jupiter standing behind the emperor Trajan and holding a thunderbolt protectively over his head. The inscription reads CONSERVATORI PATRIS PATRIAE ("for the preservation of the Father of the Country").
Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 2004
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revised January, 2006
