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As - Nero PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A frontal architectural depiction of the Temple of Janus (Ianus Geminus) with its gates closed, rendered with two arched doorways surmounted by a tiled roof and flanked by columns, symbolising the Neronian declaration of universal peace throughout the Roman world. The gates are shown firmly shut, a powerful symbolic statement of the Pax Romana proclaimed by Nero. The senatorial authority mark S C (Senatus Consultum) appears in the left and right fields respectively, indicating this bronze issue was struck under the formal sanction of the Roman Senate. The surrounding legend PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT encircles the type, referencing the closure of the temple as a sign of peace achieved everywhere among the Roman people. The reverse type is a notable propagandistic design unique to this Neronian series and is particularly significant as only the third formal closure of Janus's gates recorded in Roman history. |
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The closing of the Temple of Janus gates — referenced in this coin's legend — was an act of enormous symbolic weight in Rome, signifying peace across all frontiers. Nero closed the gates in 66 AD, only the third time in Roman history the ceremony had been performed, following Augustus and a brief closing under Claudius. The claim was characteristically overblown: the Jewish War had already begun, and Vespasian was soon dispatched to Judaea with three legions.