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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4731539, member: 110226&quot;]Here&#039;s sestertius that I purchased in Besançon, France in 1992.&nbsp; I remember the little coin and stamp shop, tended by an elderly lady, who scarcely spoke a word of English.&nbsp; Now, I took three years of French, which meant that I scarcely could speak French.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, she had mostly stamps and only a few coins, this sestertius among them.&nbsp; As these coins go it is in the average range, with a decent strike but also with pretty rough surfaces.&nbsp; Still, it is a coin that reminds me of that trip in 92, as we circumnavigated France in our rented Renault.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, circa AD 65</p><p>Sestertius</p><p>Nero</p><p>Lugdunum (Lyons)</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, laureate head right.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp;&nbsp; PΛCE P R TERRΛ MΛRIQ PΛRTΛ IΛNVM CLVSIT, S C across field, Temple of Janus with latticed windows to left and garland hung across closed double doors to the right.</p><p>23.6 grams</p><p>34 mm, 7 h.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1158205[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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