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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2325370, member: 56859&quot;]Hi SwK, long time no see!&nbsp; That&#039;s a fantastic Nero, congratulations <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my best Nero:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470673[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Nero</b></p><p><b>struck in Rome, CE 63</b></p><p>Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm</p><p>Obv: NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP PP; laureate head right, wearing aegis</p><p>Rev: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; Ceres, veiled and draped, seated left, holding corn ears and torch, her feet on stool, facing Annona standing right, holding cornucopia; between them, modius on garlanded altar; in background, stern of ship</p><p>Ref: RIC 98. Cohen 24</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was in an NGC slab and was quickly released upon receipt.&nbsp; As for slabs offering protection... hah.&nbsp; By the time it arrived the heavy coin had become skewed in the holder and some parts were rubbing against the hard plastic.&nbsp; That&#039;s not good.&nbsp; Fortunately there didn&#039;t seem to be any damage from rattling around in its case during shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for thoughts when holding it... primarily just how lucky I am to have such a wonderful coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I also wonder what Nero was really like.&nbsp; The written histories are biased.&nbsp; To me, it sounds like he didn&#039;t really want to be emperor.&nbsp; He appears to have been an artist/musician at heart and it is fitting that his coins are some of the most artistic of all Roman Imperials.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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