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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2472919, member: 39084&quot;]Even though Claudius was the emperor who started the project on the Port of Ostia, Nero (like any typical politician) took credit for it since it was finished during his reign:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]520551[/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>Claudius also honored the Praetorian guard who had elevated him to Emperor following Caligula&#039;s assassination, with a reverse of the wall enclosing the praetorian camp:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]520552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>CLAUDIUS&nbsp; 10 B.C. - 54 A.D.</p><p>AV Aureus (7.79 g.)&nbsp; Rome 44 - 45 A.D. RIC 25</p><p>Obv. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P IIII laureate head r.&nbsp; Rev. Battlemented wall IMPER RECEPT enclosing praetorian camp, Fides Praetorianorum left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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