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Nero
Portrait of Nero on a Sestertius

Janustemple
Temple of Janus on a Sestertius

Nero 54 - 68 A.D.

Featured is a coin of Nero, son of the incestuous murderess Agrippina, sister of Caligula and wife of Claudius. Agrippina poisoned Claudius so that her son could be raised to the purple ahead of Claudius' own son Britannicus before he came of age. Later, Nero murdered his own mother to rid himself of her suffocating influence. Nero ruled for 14 years, during which most of Rome was destroyed in a fire, for which Christians were blamed and persecuted without mercy. Nero's attempt to rebuild Rome in the most splendid manner possible taxed his subjects beyond their endurance and he was deposed and compelled to commit suicide in 68 A.D.

Featured is a Sestertius of Nero, illustrating the Temple of Janus with its doors closed on the reverse. This was a significant event as they were only ever closed during a time of peace, and as Rome was almost always at war with foreign enemies, this almost never happened. The temple doors were closed for a short while in 66 A.D. under the reign of Nero, and so this coin dates from around that time. This coin is also a scarce, unlisted sub-type in which the portrait of Nero faces left instead of right.

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