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Image: CNG (CC BY-SA 2.5)
DenominationSestertius
Country / EmpireRoman Empire
Obverse DesignLaureate head of Nero facing right
Reverse DesignPort of Ostia: seven ships within the harbor; at the top is a pharus surmounted by a statue of Neptune; below is a reclining figure of Tiber, holding a rudder and dolphin; to left, crescent-shaped pier with portico, terminating with figure sacrificing at altar and with building; to right, crescent-shaped row of breakwaters or slips.
