Fantastic Nero Ostia Antica Ancient Port Coin.

Having just returned from 17 days in Italy, I would say that Ostia was one of my favorite ancient sites. One of the charms was its take-out restaurant in the middle of the city.

Here's the restaurant's menu:



And here's the area where they washed the dirty dishes et al.:



And finally, here's the Nero sestertius taking claim for the Port of Ostia construction that Claudius actually had the insight to start:



NERO
AE Sestertius (26.56 g.) Lugdunum circa 65 A.D. RIC 441
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero left. Rev. PORT AVG Port of Ostia, river Tiber reclining below. Very rare.


Of course, I also took the obligatory picture of the public toilets, but that's been posted ad nauseum...

 

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Wonderful photos of Ostia and what a phenomenal coin !!!

 

Great coin indeed!