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Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D.
Legend claims Nero fiddled while Rome burned. While this rumor is probably not true, Nero did sing and play the lyre at other times. He even composed songs that were performed by entertainers across the empire. At first, Nero only performed for private audiences, but in 64, when this coin was struck, he began singing in public in Neapolis. Nero craved the attention, but also he was encouraged to perform in public by the Senate, his inner circle and the people. Nero's famous dying words were "Qualis artifex pereo," which translates, "What an artist dies in me!"SH66183. Orichalcum as, RIC I 211, BMCRE I 256, Cohen I 248, SRCV I 1978, VF, superb high relief portrait, scratch on reverse, Rome mint, weight 8.446g, maximum diameter 23.7mm, die axis 180o, 64 A.D.; obverse NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERMANIC, radiate head right; reverse PONTIF MAX TR POT IMP P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power, imperator, father of the country), Nero as Apollo Citharoedus, advancing right in flowing robes, singing and playing the lyre, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field, I (mark of value) in exergue; ex Seaver Collection; SOLD
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