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Diva Poppaea (wife of Nero) and Diva Claudia (daughter of Nero) Ӕ20 of Caesarea Panias, Judaea. Struck under Nero, after 65 CE. [DIV]A POPPAEA A[VG], distyle temple with female figure seated left / DIVA [CLAVD N]ER F, hexastyle temple with figure standing left. RPC 4846; Meshorer 354; Hendin 1270; GBC 1270. 5.17g, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine; well-preserved for the issue. Rare.
Claudia was the daughter of Nero and Poppaea Sabina, Nero's second wife, who died during infancy in AD 63. Suetonius claims that Poppaea was expecting another child in AD 65, when she was kicked to death by the emperor (Life of Nero, 35.3). Both Cassius Dio and Tacitus support the claim that Nero killed his wife, though the bias of all three historians against Nero casts doubt over the reliability of their accounts.
Indeed, Poppaea may have died of natural causes perhaps related to childbirth, a theory supported by the bestowal of divine honours upon her after her death, and that state funeral that she was afforded. This coin proclaims the divine honours bestowed on both women and is part of the only issue struck in the name of Claudia.
Very Fine; well-preserved for the issue. Rare.
Claudia was the daughter of Nero and Poppaea Sabina, Nero's second wife, who died during infancy in AD 63. Suetonius claims that Poppaea was expecting another child in AD 65, when she was kicked to death by the emperor (Life of Nero, 35.3). Both Cassius Dio and Tacitus support the claim that Nero killed his wife, though the bias of all three historians against Nero casts doubt over the reliability of their accounts.
Indeed, Poppaea may have died of natural causes perhaps related to childbirth, a theory supported by the bestowal of divine honours upon her after her death, and that state funeral that she was afforded. This coin proclaims the divine honours bestowed on both women and is part of the only issue struck in the name of Claudia.