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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4979593, member: 93702&quot;]Well this is definitely my most interesting coin. I think I posted this twice last year - so just scroll by if you&#039;ve seen it - sorry! There are quite a few new members here now so I thought I would share it again..</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] doesn&#039;t mind me starting with his excellent coin as an example of how this coin should be look.. I could have just grabbed one off VCoins but I really like [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] &#039;s&nbsp; example here (great details - what a patina!!!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is my much more modest example with an unusual minting error - most probably showing <i>that the legends were cut by a different person</i> than the artist cutting the Temple image:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/neromerge-jpg.893700/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see the &quot; S C &quot; is reversed and the word &quot;CLVSIT&quot; (meaning closed) is at the 12 o&#039;clock position ... as opposed the the [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] &#039;s coin...&nbsp; with &quot;CLVSIT&quot; at the 6 o&#039;clock position...</p><p><br /></p><p>Inverting my coin shows the legend in the correct alignment.. and the &quot;SC&quot; makes more sense.. showing that multiple cutters most probably worked on the same die... the wires got crossed in this example..</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nerorev1-jpg.893707/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nero. A.D. 54-68. Æ as. 9.7 gm. 28 mm. Rome mint. Struck circa A.D. 67. His laureate head right; IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERM / The Temple of Janus, garland hung across closed doors to left, latticed windows on right; PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT around; S C to either side. Sear 689. The doors of the Temple of Janus were only closed during times of peace throughout the Roman Empire. This was not a frequent occurrence. Nero was the only emperor to depict the temple on coins, and the fact that the doors are shown as closed is most likely a political statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this one was around $25 on eBay - one of my better buys![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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