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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 636937, member: 8959&quot;]That is a very beautiful coin!&nbsp; bearing the city&#039;s old latin name - Moguntiacum.</p><p><br /></p><p>2000 years old, Moguntiacum (called Mainz in present day german, or Mayence by the occupying French Republican Troops 1792) was founded by the Roman General Nero Claudius Drusus in 12/13 B.C, and was the seat of the XIV Legion (Gemina Martia Victrix) for close to 4 centuries until destroyed by the Germanic invasions in the 4th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the degression Silvereagle82 - you have a beautiful coin there of a nice city. </p><p>(pity it does not look that way anymore!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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