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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1903637, member: 25357&quot;]I just bought a new Nero.&nbsp; It was intended as an upgrade to my previous Nero coin; a Seleucid and Pieria minted in Antioch.&nbsp; Not that I didn&#039;t like that coin, it was just a bit smallish to be a good match with others in the 12 Caesars set I&#039;m building.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also there was the fact that it&#039;s a provincial. Not that I&#039;m prejudiced against them, but I was looking for the entire set to be Imperial.&nbsp; So I bought this As minted in Lugdunum.&nbsp; I was drawn to the patina, the fact that it is well centered, the uniformity of the flan and the facts that the legends are all there and for the most part clearly legible.&nbsp; I also was intrigued by the fact that it was a bare head portrait.&nbsp; These seem less common.&nbsp; And of course, the price was right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet I look at the portraits and I think I like the Antioch mint portrait better.&nbsp; My photos are somewhat deceiving in that they make the provincial look larger, when in fact it is quite a bit smaller than the As minted in Lugdunum.&nbsp; What do you ancient numismatists think?</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5">Please use this opportunity to post your Nero Coins and thoughts on collecting this Emperor.</font></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Nero; </b>AD 54-68<b>&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>AE Semis;&nbsp; Seleucid and Pieria, Antioch Mint; 19mm/7.2g</p><p>OBV; CAESAR IMP NERO CL AV, laureate head of&nbsp; Nero right; lituus</p><p>REV; SC within wreath.</p><p>RPC I 4297, SNG COP.161</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Nero; </b>66 AD</p><p>AE As; Lugdunum Mint; 29mm/9.3g</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT PP; Bust of Nero facing right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; SC in field; singed Victory walking left with shield emblazoned with SPQR</p><p>(RIC 541)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]325678[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]325679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]325680[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]325681[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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