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Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D., Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria, Syria
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo was the Propraetorial Imperial Legate of Roman Syria from 60 - 63 A.D. In 58 A.D. Corbulo, who had been Caligula's brother-in-law, had defeated the Parthians. Tigranes, who grew up in Rome, was installed as king of Armenia. In 63, Armenia again fell under Parthian hegemony. Corbulo crossed the Euphrates with a strong army. The new Armenian king Tiridates refused battle, laid down his diadem at the foot of the emperor's statue, and promised not to resume it until he received it from the hand of Nero himself in Rome. In 67, Nero, suspicious of Corbulo and his support among the Roman masses, summoned him to Greece. On his arrival at Cenchreae, the port of Corinth, messengers from Nero met Corbulo, and ordered him to commit suicide, which he loyally obeyed by falling on his own sword, saying, "Axios!" (Greek: "worthy of," "deserving of," "suitable").SH66235. Silver tetradrachm, Prieur 82 (same reverse die); McAlee 258; RPC I 4182; BMC Galatia p. 174, 192; cf. SNG Cop 154 (Z / ΘP), VF, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 14.760g, maximum diameter 24.66mm, die axis 0o, 61 - 62 A.D.; obverse NEPΩNOΣ KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, laureate beardless bust right wearing aegis; reverse eagle standing left on a thunderbolt, wings spread, head left, palm frond on left, H (regnal year 8) over IP (year 110 of the Caesarian era) on right (off flan); SOLD
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