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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3704415, member: 83175"]My Zeno's more battered than yours, but I like him too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (also RIC 910 - delta on reverse). With Augustus, Zeno nicely bookmarks an A-Z of the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_ZenoSolidusRIC910.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Where are you going in Spain? Obviously, plenty of Roman ruins there - fairly near Madrid, Segovia has a great aqueduct; Italica near Seville is worth a visit, the town of Merida in Extremadura is the old Augusta Emerita and very interesting. The mint in Madrid has a museum which is free and worth a look. I spent a very drunken weekend in Tarragona once and saw nothing Roman except, possibly, a wall (it was dark). Some of the more interesting things I've seen in Spain have been encountered by chance, by making detours when seeing roadside signs - "Ruinas" led to Empuriés/Emporiton and "Villa Romana" led to an excavated Roman villa somewhere between Burgos and Leon (I think).</p><p><br /></p><p>You'll need lots of money in Switzerland <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3704415, member: 83175"]My Zeno's more battered than yours, but I like him too :) (also RIC 910 - delta on reverse). With Augustus, Zeno nicely bookmarks an A-Z of the Roman Empire. [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_ZenoSolidusRIC910.jpg[/IMG] Where are you going in Spain? Obviously, plenty of Roman ruins there - fairly near Madrid, Segovia has a great aqueduct; Italica near Seville is worth a visit, the town of Merida in Extremadura is the old Augusta Emerita and very interesting. The mint in Madrid has a museum which is free and worth a look. I spent a very drunken weekend in Tarragona once and saw nothing Roman except, possibly, a wall (it was dark). Some of the more interesting things I've seen in Spain have been encountered by chance, by making detours when seeing roadside signs - "Ruinas" led to Empuriés/Emporiton and "Villa Romana" led to an excavated Roman villa somewhere between Burgos and Leon (I think). You'll need lots of money in Switzerland :D ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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