TYPE Roman Empire, Nero (54-68 AD), billon tetradrachm of Alexandria, struck 63-4 AD with second wife Poppaea, 12.26g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Radiate head of Nero r., Greek legend around Rev: Bust of Poppaea r., Greek legend POPPAIA SEBASTE (partial), Greek date LI (regnal year 10 = 63/4 AD). REFERENCE: SGI 664, SR 713, Koln 158 GRADING: F+ / AVF, typical rough toned billon ORDER INFO: R3105, $75 A scarcer type, featuring the family harmony of Nero and his second wife Poppaea. But the idyll was not to last for long, as just over a year following the minting of this coin, the empress, along with her unborn child, was kicked to death by the depraved Nero. Rare appearance of Poppaea on coinage - she is not featured on imperial issues, and only sporadically on colonials - and a decent rendition at that (her bust resembling, in some way, that of another empress of some 17 centuries later - Catherine the Great of Russia)