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A work made of billon.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero

54-68

Roman, minted in Alexandria

Roman Empire

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Nero, facing right and wearing a radiate crown.
On the back Nero's second wife, the empress Poppaea, is portrayed facing right.

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium