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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2854673, member: 39084&quot;]The thing that puzzles me about this coin is the part of the obverse legend circled in yellow below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678256[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I could determine, RIC lists no Nero sestertii with the apparent legend:</p><p><br /></p><p>NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG <b>GE</b> PM TRP IMP P P</p><p><br /></p><p>All similar legends have <b>GER</b> rather than <b>GE</b>.&nbsp; I suspect the artist made a mistake by omitting the R, and attempted to correct it by combining the <b>E</b> with the <b>R.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>If you assume that the legend is supposed to be NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG <b>GER</b> PM TRP IMP P P, then RIC lists a multitude of reverses including Adlocutio, Annona, Arch, Congiarium, Decursio, et al., so it could be any one of a number of reverses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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