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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2325541, member: 19463&quot;]As I recall these coins were issued just before the Jewish revolt which resulted in Nero sending Vespasian to Judaea and ending the peace advertised on the coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure being the cause of an emperor having to retract a coin type proudly announcing his accomplishing peace was the way to win friends in Rome.&nbsp; Perhaps that is why they ended up destroying the temple rather than just occupying the city as they had for a century.&nbsp; &nbsp; If I read the list correctly, Nero&#039;s closing of the doors would have been the 4th or fifth time since the temple was built under Numa Pompilius c.700BC.&nbsp; This gets a bit into where history and legend intersect but closing the doors was a big deal. There are many variations in all denominations from as to aureus but no denarii.&nbsp; Why, I never understood.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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