Neron 54-68 d.C. Denario de plata. Roma. AVGVSTVS / AVGVSTA. Raro

Roman Empire - Nero - AR Denarius. (3.40 g. 18 mm.) Rome, AD 64-65.
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, head laureate right /
AVGVSTVS AVGVSTA, Nero and Poppaea standing left beside each other; Nero is togate and radiate and holds patera and scepter; Poppaea is draped and veiled and holds patera and cornucopia. BMCRE 54. CBN 201. RIC 45 (R). Cohen 43. Rare!

The reverse showing the loving young imperial couple shortly before
Nero kicked his pregnant empress in the stomach, which resulted in her death. Virtually mint state. The figures on the reverse can hardly be Augustus and Livia, since neither is called divine. They must be Nero and his consort, and the issue date of the coin requires that the consort be Poppaea, who was made Augusta when she gave birth to a daughter in 63, and who died in 66.

2020-22579 (V319)