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Message:: [QUOTE="ewomack, post: 2460567, member: 15588"]While visiting Denver last week, I spotted the coin below in a local shop. It wasn't very expensive and the card inside the flip read "Roman Empire Nero Silver Hemidrachm 50 A.D." Intrigued, I bought it and increased my humble ancient collection to 3 pieces. <img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/NeroHemidrachm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> The coin has a max diameter somewhere between 15mm - 16mm and weighs 1.75g. With the naked eye, the slightly smeared lettering remains difficult to make out in places, though the "NER" of "NERO" stands out fairly well even at a distance. Using other examples from the web, it appears that the obverse text reads "NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI," which of course becomes much easier to read in magnification. The reverse features Victory seated on a globe holding a wreath. I'm not yet sure about the mint, but many of this type seem to come from Cappadocia. A little more research taught me, still an ancients newbie, that a "hemidrachm" equals half of a drachm or 3 obols (triobol). Though not an absolutely excellent specimen, I liked the portrait and found it pretty appealing, especially for the price.[/QUOTE]