{"product_id":"nero-sestertius-sterling-silver-pendant-8182","title":"Nero Sestertius, Sterling Silver Pendant, 8182","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-ae9872b2-7fff-26a9-bcc6-a66d4f870cf4\"\u003eNero, AR denarius. 64-65 AD, Rome. 3.34 g. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right \/ IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e: Nero Claudius Caesar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was born in December AD 37, the son of Cornelius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger who was the great-granddaughter of Augustus.  Nero was adopted by the emperor Claudius in AD 50 and through the machinations of his mother who apparently poisoned Claudius, Nero ascended to the throne upon his death in AD 54.  Nero was only seventeen at this time and was strongly influenced by Agrippina.  However, in AD 59 he had Agrippina murdered to rid himself of her control and soon afterwards murdered his wife Octavia in order to marry Poppaea who had been married to Otho, a friend of Nero’s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNero had a number of artistic passions such as singing and writing poetry.  He also had a love for horsemanship.  He founded a number of new games such as the Juvenalia in which nobles were encouraged to compete.  He often performed his talents in public, which was considered scandalous by the traditional members of the Roman aristocracy.  As a result of this, Nero resolved to go on a Greek tour to perform his talents since the Greeks certainly admired this.  Nero’s extravagance and vanity along with his depreciation of the coinage and the taking of money from the rich made him unpopular. Popular legend holds that he set fire to Rome. Modern historians dismiss this account as an exaggeration but his decision to hold a poetry recital with the conflagration as his background was a crass political blunder that would hurt his popularity immensely\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe eagle was originally adopted from the Ptolemaic coinage, this bird gradually acquired closer and closer Roman ties, until it was identified with the legionary totem.  The early Greeks believed that the soul of a dead king took the form of an eagle to watch over his kingdom. Others regard the eagle as Zeus in animal form\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erez Ancient Coin Jewelry ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47801260408972,"sku":null,"price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0377\/0207\/4508\/files\/8182A.jpg?v=1777147305","url":"https:\/\/ownapieceofhistory.biz\/es\/products\/nero-sestertius-sterling-silver-pendant-8182","provider":"Erez Ancient Coin Jewelry ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}