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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3172740, member: 93702&quot;]Very interesting Britannia. One of our members has an excellent website with lots of information on the VOTA coin type.. you should have a look:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I recently purchased this Nero with a couple of oddities on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815766[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see the &quot;SC&quot; is reversed... and well as an unusual starting point for the</p><p>legend.</p><p>The full reverse legend is: PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT</p><p>You can see that CLVSIT (the last word of the legend) is at the 12 o&#039;clock position - so the start of the legend is at the 2 o&#039;clock position on this coin. I have not found another like it so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would have been great if the full legend was visible - but then again I probably would not have been able to afford the coin if that was the case.. so I like it as is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero. A.D. 54-68. Æ as. 9.7 gm. 28 mm. Rome mint. Struck circa A.D. 67</p><p><u>OBV</u>: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP</p><p>Laureate bust of Nero, right</p><p><u>REV</u>: PACE PR VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT</p><p>Temple of Janus, arch left</p><p><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.parthia.com/coins/rom_w25.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/coins/rom_w25.jpg" rel="nofollow">RIC I 309, Sear 689</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen a few translations of the reverse legend - all slightly different.. I like this one best:&nbsp; <i>&quot;The Peace of the Roman People having been established everywhere, he closed (the Temple of) Janus.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The doors of the Temple of Janus were kept open when Rome was at war.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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