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8 Sestertius Ovidius
| Issuer | Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | THE ROMAN EMPIRE TREASURY AERARIUM IMPERIUM ROMANUM SPQR SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS EIGHT • SESTERCES IIX OCTO SESTERTII EIGHT SESTERTIUS |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Not an ancient coin misattributed to paper — this is a modern commemorative banknote issued in 2018 honoring Publius Ovidius Naso, the Roman poet exiled by Augustus in 8 AD to Tomis on the Black Sea, a sentence he never escaped and whose cause remains genuinely disputed. The denomination "8 Sestertius" is a invented unit, a playful nod to the year of his banishment rather than any historical currency division.
Issued by a Romanian cultural or municipal authority — Tomis is modern-day Constanța — as a novelty or commemorative piece rather than legal tender. The watermark is a rare security concession for something with no transactional value.