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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero

54-68
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Nero, facing right and wearing a radiate crown. On the back Nero's second wife, the empress Poppaea, is portrayed facing right.

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