54- 68 AD ROMAN EMPIRE EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA NERO TETRADRACHM ROMAN EMPEROR NERO (37-68 AD) CERTIFIED BY NGC FINEOBVERSE: BUST FACING RIGHT. REVERSE: SERAPIS BUST. NERO WAS THE LAST EMPEROR OF THE JULIAN-CLAUDIAN DYNASTY HE SUCCEEDED HIS GREAT UNCLE CLAUDIUS IN 64 THE CITY OF ROME CAUGHT FIRE AND IT WAS CLAIMED THAT NERO PLAYED HIS FIDDLE WHILE ROME BURNED. NERO WAS KNOWN TO PLAY THE LYRE AND THIS "FIDDLING" WAS A RUMOR SINCE HE WASNT IN ROME WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. IT IS CLAIMED THAT NERO RUSHED BACK TO ROME AND USING HIS OWN MONEY LED THE EFFORT TO HELP ROME CITIZENS. IN 68 A MILITARY COUP OVERTHREW NERO AND BEFORE HE COULD BE EXECUTED HE COMMITTED SUICIDE. |
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