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Nero. AD 54-68. Æ As (24mm, 5.59 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64. Radiate head right / Apollo Citharoedus advancing right, playing lyre; I in exergue. RIC I 211; WCN 272. VF, earthen brown patina, light roughness. Interesting type.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 306 (10 July 2013), lot 357.
Nero felt his musical talents were a wonder to behold and so shared them with everyone he could force to listen. He won prizes at every competition at which he performed while touring Greece, and upon his return to Italy he led a procession to the capital where he was cheered by the incredulous spectators along the way. He caused to be set up many statues of himself playing the lyre along the route, and Suetonius even mentions coins carrying the same device.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 306 (10 July 2013), lot 357.
Nero felt his musical talents were a wonder to behold and so shared them with everyone he could force to listen. He won prizes at every competition at which he performed while touring Greece, and upon his return to Italy he led a procession to the capital where he was cheered by the incredulous spectators along the way. He caused to be set up many statues of himself playing the lyre along the route, and Suetonius even mentions coins carrying the same device.