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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3901966, member: 75937&quot;]Impressive attribution, [USER=80556]@David@PCC[/USER]! Don&#039;t worry about grade when dealing with great rarities -- after all, when will you have another opportunity to acquire one?</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was tough to attribute. The clues were the Julio-Claudian hairstyles, the presence of a crescent on Claudia Octavia&#039;s forehead, and that the empress was facing right:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028396[/ATTACH] </p><p>Nero and Claudia Octavia</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 24.6 mm, 8.60 g</p><p>Crete, Cnossus, AD 54-62</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP LVPINO VOLVMINIO II, bare head of Nero right, scepter over left shoulder</p><p>Rev: NERO CLAV CAES AVG IMP ET OCTAVIA AVGVSTI, bare head of Nero, left, star above, facing draped bust of Octavia, right, crescent above</p><p>Refs: SGI 655; RPC 1005-6; Svoronos 95, 217 var; Cohen 313, 1-2.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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