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Judaea. Caesarea Panias. Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia AD 63-65. Struck AD 65-68
Bronze Æ
18 mm, 3,10 g
DIVA POPPAEA AVG, distyle temple set upon high podium, containing statue of Diva Poppaea seated left / DIVA CLAVD NER F, hexastyle temple set upon high podium, containing statue of Diva Claudia left on basis.
good very fine, beautiful green patina
RPC I 4846.
The obverse of this coin honors Poppaea, Nero's (and previously Otho's) wife. In January of 63 she gave birth to Claudia, who survived only four months. This is the only coinage issued in the name of Nero's daughter. According to Suetonius, Nero killed Poppaea, while pregnant with another child, by kicking her in the abdomen.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Bronze Æ
18 mm, 3,10 g
DIVA POPPAEA AVG, distyle temple set upon high podium, containing statue of Diva Poppaea seated left / DIVA CLAVD NER F, hexastyle temple set upon high podium, containing statue of Diva Claudia left on basis.
good very fine, beautiful green patina
RPC I 4846.
The obverse of this coin honors Poppaea, Nero's (and previously Otho's) wife. In January of 63 she gave birth to Claudia, who survived only four months. This is the only coinage issued in the name of Nero's daughter. According to Suetonius, Nero killed Poppaea, while pregnant with another child, by kicking her in the abdomen.
From the Tareq Hani collection