Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero

Roman, minted in AlexandriaLinkedCulture matchlcp-55550156ff3f

Date
54-68
Medium
Billon
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
142664

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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.

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Credit line
Gift of William F. Dunham
Provenance
William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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AAT300037334

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