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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2267697, member: 39084&quot;]Looking forward to seeing this coin.&nbsp; That entire year (68 AD) is rife with plots, subplots, and a lot of inaccurate history that even to this day remains unresolved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will you be looking for a Clodius Macer as well?&nbsp; If so, good luck!&nbsp; The denarius below sold for over $200K (including buyer&#039;s fee) at the Goldberg auction last June, but when it was resold in January 2015 at the New York Sale, it fetched only $120K!&nbsp; A bargain?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]451343[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Clodius Macer, Silver Denarius, 3.62g, Governor of Africa, AD 68. </p><p>Mint of Carthage </p><p>L CLODI-VS MACER, S C below bust, bare head of Clodius Macer facing right. Rev. PRO/PRAE in two lines above, AFRICAE below, war galley with aplustre and five oarsmen sailing right (RIC 37; BMC 1; RSC 13).</p><p><br /></p><p>Did Macer have designs on being emperor himself, or did he include S C on the obverse to show he supported the Republic (and possibly Nero, who was still in power) and wasn&#039;t covetous of the title Imperator?&nbsp; Will we ever know the answer to this and related questions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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