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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1320997, member: 8959&quot;]Here is a sestertius of Nero depicting a triumphal arch on reverse to commemorate military campaigns in the east.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this coin was struck at Lugdunum rather than Rome. It has very nice detail, even if slightly corroded as you can see. Still, much of the freeze detail on the arch is visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what CNG has to say about this monument, which is known only from coins:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This monumental triumphal arch was erected by Nero to commemorate Roman military campaigns against the Parthians in Mesopotamia and Armenia. Although not particularly successful in a military sense, with Paetus losing almost his entire army at Randeia in Armenia, the war did end with a peace treaty favorable to Rome that was upheld for nearly fifty years. This coin type is vitally important for architectural historians, for the arch was dismantled after Nero&#039;s ignominious end in 68 AD, and is only known through its depiction on the coins&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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