P45 Ancient Roman Coin NERO Marcellum Augusti Dupondis Rare Architectural Coin - 59 AD White House - Capitol Start Price AUD 1,500.00 Current Price AUD 1,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 01, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Location WE SHIP WORLDWIDE See more about 'P45 Ancient Roman Coin NERO Marcellum Augusti Dupondis' Description   Be sure to check our other fine Ancient Coins on eBay Click here to see our other auctions Genuine Ancient Roman Imerial Coin Important Architectural IssueNERO50 - 68 AD found near Jerusalem in The Holy Land. Obverse: NERO CLAVD CAESER AVG GER PM P IMP PP Reverse: MAC AVG S C Very Rare and Important AE Dupondis of The Infamous Roman Emperor Nero (50-68AD). Nero head left and on reverse MAC AVG S C, The impresive double tiered, domed building, surrounded by porticos and with a statue inside. (RIC 278, Van Meter 23) The Emperor Nero in 59 AD, built a public market place (shopping mall - the first) called the Marcellum Augusti. This building became a design platform for builders and architects right through to modern times. Consider the design of "the White House" "Capitol Hill" and thousands of other important and historic building around the world. All based on Nero's original design. A nice example, some pitting and corrosion but still about Very Fine and impressive. Listed Book Value up to $3000. Type: Bronze Dupondis Size: 29mm Condition: Very Fine and Very Rare. This is a very rare and valuable coin that would make a good investment piece or the centrepiece of a Nero collection.I have included images taken with different light and angles. Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Nero was highly educated, and his tutor was a famous philosopher and writer, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (5 BC - AD 65). For five years the government was directed by Seneca and Burrhus, the prefect of the praetorian guard, whose support had ensured the succession of Nero. These initial five years were such of good, competent government and stood in stark contrast with the notorious period which was to follow. Britannicus soon died in suspicious circumstances.A breach opened up between the ministers and Agrippina, who found her influence with her son slipping away, and tried to recover it by means which only made the young man resent it more.Meanwhile Nero became infatuated with Poppaea Sabina, who was to become one of the worst influences of his life. He had his mother killed in AD 59, and divorced his wife Octavia, then married Poppaea Sabina who later died from his brutality. Nero, by then clearly deranged, continued to reign for nine gruesome years. The reign of Nero saw the confirmation of the Roman dominion in Britain, by the campaigns of Suetonius Paulinus in Wales and by the crushing of the great revolt of the Iceni in the eastern area under their queen Boadicea. Still more familiar is the story of the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64, when half Rome was burnt to the ground while Nero gave himself up to the emotional joys of the thrilling dramatic moment, and then sought to recover his popularity with the mob by illuminating his gardens with a public display of burning Christians, on the pretence that they had set fire to Rome.Roman sentiment was especially scandalized when the emperor gloried in taking personal part in public competitions which to Roman eyes were fit only for Greeks, or freedmen, as well as the shamelessness of his vices and extravagances. No man was safe, whose character earned the dislike of the emperor or whose wealth excited his desire. In AD 67 the Jewish revolt broke out, which saw Nero dispatch Vespasian to put down the rebellion. Eventually it became all too much and the old soldier Servius Sulpicus Galba raised his standard in revolt in Spain against a despised emperor. Galba, a rigid old warrior, marched on Rome.   The praetorian prefect of the day, Nymphidius Sabinus, persuaded his troops to abandon their allegiance to Nero. Alas, the senate condemned the emperor to be flogged to death.As Nero heard of this he chose rather to commit suicide, which he did with the assistance of a secretary (9 June AD 68). His last words were, "Qualis artifex pereo." ("What an artist the world loses in me.")  Shipping & Handling: Australia $8.50 International $10.00 WE OFFER A 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY AND SATISFACTION ON OUR ANTIQUITIES AND ANCIENT COINS. 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