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Aureus MARTI VLTORI, Genius and Mars
| Uitgever | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Jaar | 68-69 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Mars Ultor, the Avenger, depicted striding vigorously to the right in near-nude military aspect, helmeted and wearing a short chlamys that billows behind him. He carries a spear in his right hand and a legionary eagle standard in his left, symbols of Roman military vengeance and renewal. The figure is rendered in a dynamic, energetic style that echoes earlier Augustan iconography invoking the temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus. The encircling legend MARTI VLTORI frames the deity, reinforcing the propagandistic message of military retribution appropriate to the civil war context of the coin's issue. |
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| Muntplaats | Uncertain mint (Spain) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The year 68–69 AD compressed four emperors into roughly eighteen months — Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and finally Vespasian. Gold issues from this window are notoriously difficult to assign with confidence, and the "cf." qualifiers on all three standard references here reflect genuine scholarly uncertainty rather than cataloging caution. This piece falls somewhere in that contested attribution zone.
The MARTI VLTORI reverse type invokes Mars the Avenger, the same theological framing Augustus used to justify his campaigns against Caesar's assassins a century earlier. Recycling that language in 68–69 was pointed — whoever struck this coin was making a claim about legitimacy, not just filling a reverse die.