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Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero

December 67-December 68, issued by Nero

Roman, minted in Rome

Rome

Obverse: Head of Nero to right, laureate, slight beard visible
Reverse: Jupiter enthroned left, thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left

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Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium