CNG 96, Lot: 675. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUDAEA, Roman Administration. Diva Poppaea and Diva Claudia. Died AD 65 and AD 63. Æ (19mm, 5.92 g, 12h). Caesarea Panias(?) mint. Struck AD 65-68. Statue of Diva Poppaea seated left within distyle temple / Statue of Diva Claudia standing left within hexastyle temple. Meshorer, Caesarea pl. 7, H; Meshorer 354; Hendin 1270; Sofaer 87; RPC I 4846. Good VF, pale green patina. Well struck for issue.

The obverse of this coin honors Poppaea, Nero’s (and previously Otho’s) wife. In January of AD 63 she gave birth to Claudia, who survived only four months. This is the only coinage issued in the name of Nero’s daughter. According to Suetonius, Nero killed Poppaea, while pregnant with another child, by violently kicking her in the abdomen.