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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2682421, member: 39084&quot;]The OP coin shows the Port of Ostia, on the reverse of a Nero sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]599931[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>NERO</p><p>AE Sestertius (26.56 g.)&nbsp; Lugdunum circa 65 A.D.&nbsp; RIC 441</p><p>NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head of Nero left. Rev. PORT AVG Port of Ostia, river Tiber reclining below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that Ostia is NOT the same as the city of Portus, so the OP citation &quot;Nero&#039;s Portus issue&quot; appears to be incorrect.&nbsp; Here&#039;s Wikipedia&#039;s information on Portus:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portus</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ostia&#039;s population reached 50,000 during its peak, and is famous for the mosaics its merchants used to illustrate their services and businesses along an avenue in their city.&nbsp; Here are a couple mosaics that I photographed during my Italy trip late last year when I visited Ostia, the first of which was a shipbuilder, and the second provided cargo unloading from ships in the port:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]599937[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]599938[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One of my two favorites ruins was the takeout restaurant, with its menu on the wall.&nbsp; The dishwashing area is also shown and you can still see some of the marble that covered the bricks:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]599942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]599943[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient lore has it that the proprietor was named Macrinus Donaldus and boasted of “Over MMMDDDLL served” in a sign above the restaurant.</p><p><br /></p><p>AncientJoe also has a very nice Nero Port of Ostia sestertius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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