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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 8353236, member: 111387&quot;]In my youth, like many a young lad, I liked to dabble in prohibited fireworks.&nbsp; There was always that one kid in the neighborhood that had that one uncle.</p><p>There was the usual - Lady Fingers, Black Cats, M80s, Bottle rockets w/ report, Mortars etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>A favorite pastime with the other kids on the block was to get into Roman Candle battles.&nbsp; At the time, I never bothered to care enough to learn the origin of the namesake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward... </p><p><br /></p><p>When I discovered what a Roman Candle was later on as an adult, needless to state, I was surprised.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those that don&#039;t know, the Roman Candle&#039;s origin is from an account of when Nero would have parties and ignite staked Christians afire to provide the lighting for the party.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that, and Tiberius with his &#039;little nibbling fishies&#039; about takes the cake for extreme depravity in ancient times.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my only Nero that I have currently.&nbsp; I picked it up fairly early on in my collecting. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s rather corroded, but I like that SPQR can be made out(better in hand) on the shield.&nbsp; I eventually would like to get another type featuring the emperor some day.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nero-5-png.1168819/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Nero.</b> (54-68 BC). Æ As. Lugdunum.</p><p><b>O: </b>IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P; Bare head right; small globe at point of neck.</p><p><b>R:</b> S-C; Victory, winged, draped, moving left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R.</p><p><i>RIC I 543</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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