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As - Nero PONTIF MAX TR P IMP P P S C I
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Victoria (Victory) advancing left, wearing a long flowing garment, holding a wreath extended forward in her right hand and a palm branch in her left. The large senatorial monogram S C (Senatus Consultum) is placed in the left and right fields respectively, flanking the central figure. The reverse legend is arranged around the periphery within a beaded border. The composition is typical of Neronian aes coinage struck at the Rome mint, emphasizing imperial victory and senatorial authority. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nero's aes coinage underwent a deliberate reduction in weight sometime around 62 AD — this as belongs to the reduced standard introduced after that reform, which brought the bronze denominations into closer alignment with a revised sestertius weight. The reform is generally attributed to fiscal pressure rather than any single crisis, part of Nero's broader monetary adjustments that also touched the silver denarius in 64 AD.
The SC on the reverse was not mere decoration — it signaled senatorial authorization over base metal coinage, a constitutional fiction that persisted long after the Senate lost any real check on imperial minting decisions.