eBay item 2223098243 (Ends Feb-05-04 14:18:53 PST) - WCNC NERO Sestertius DE CURSIO Nice AVF home | pay | sign out | services | site map | help Back to home page Listed in category: Coins > Coins: Ancient > Roman: Imperial WCNC NERO Sestertius DE CURSIO Nice AVF Item number: 2223098243 You are signed in Bidding has ended for this item (rysoolii28 is the winner) Go to larger picture Sold for: US $329.00 (Reserve met) Ended: Feb-05-04 14:18:53 PST History:3 bids (US $1.00 starting bid) Buyer: rysoolii28( 9 ) Auction ended early with Buy It Now. Location:Las Vegas, NV United States /Las Vegas Shipping and payment details Seller information wcnconline( 3227) Feedback Score: 3227 Positive Feedback: 99.8% Member since Apr-22-97 in United States Read feedback comments Ask seller a question View seller's other items Buyer Protection Offered See coverage and eligibility Description ROMAN EMPIRE NERO Emperor AD 54-68 SESTERTIUS (26.70 grams, 31.69 mm) Obverse: NERO CLAVDIUS CAESAR AVG.GERM.P.M.TR.IMP.P.P, His laureate head right Reverse: DECURSIO S.C, Nero galloping right holding couched spear with soldier or officer galloping beside him Reference: Sear 680, Van Meter 19 Grade: Fine to Very Fine Very scarce Full portrait, readable legend. Acceptable reverse Well centered. Even wear. Dark green-brown patina The reverse design has a weak but clear strike As it is, a scarce coin very clear and agreeable in hand Nero (AD37-68) was born Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus on December 15 of the year 37 at Antium and originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero was the son of the consul Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger, great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. In 49 Agrippina married her uncle, Emperor Claudius I, and the following year she persuaded him to adopt her son, whose name was then changed. Later, Claudius married Nero to his daughter Octavia and marked him out for succession, bypassing his own son, Britannicus. On Claudius's death (54), the Praetorian Guards, under their prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus, Agrippina's agent, declared Nero emperor at the age of 17. The initial five years of Nero's reign, guided by Burrus and the philosopher Seneca, Nero's tutor, were marked by moderation and clemency, although Nero had his rival Britannicus poisoned. In 59 he had his mother put to death for her criticism of his mistress, Poppaea Sabina. In 62 he divorced (and later executed) Octavia and married Poppaea. Burrus died, possibly poisoned, and Seneca retired. In July 64, two-thirds of Rome burned while Nero was at Antium. In ancient times he was charged with being the incendiary. According to some accounts, he laid the blame on the Christians-few at that time-and persecuted them. He sheltered the homeless, however, and rebuilt the city with fire precautions. The building programs, like the spectacles and free grain he provided for the populace, were financed by plundering Italy and the provinces. Viewing himself as an artist and a religious visionary, he scandalized the army and aristocracy when he appeared publicly as an actor in religious dramas. Meanwhile, the empire was in turmoil. Nero established Armenia as a buffer state against Parthia, but only after a costly, unsuccessful war. Revolts broke out in Britain (60-61) and in Judea (66-70). In 65 Gaius Calpurnius Piso led a conspiracy against the emperor; 18 of the 41 prominent Romans implicated in the plot perished, among them Seneca and his nephew, the epic poet Lucan. Poppaea was kicked to death by Nero, and he married Statilia Messalina after executing her husband. In 68 the Gallic and Spanish legions, along with the Praetorian Guards, rose against him, and he fled Rome. Declared a public enemy by the Senate, he committed suicide on June 9, 68, near Rome. 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