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Aureus S P Q R, Libertas
| Uitgever | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Jaar | 68-69 |
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| Vorm | Round (irregular) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Draped bust of Libertas facing right, rendered with fine detail characteristic of the Year of the Four Emperors coinage. The personification wears a beaded necklace and her hair is elaborately arranged, looped and gathered above the nape of the neck in a style fashionable during the late Julio-Claudian period. The legend LIBERTAS RESTITVTA encircles the bust within a beaded border, invoking the restoration of Roman liberty proclaimed during the civil war coinage of 68–69 AD. |
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| Oplage | ND (68-69) |
| Aanvullende informatie |
This aureus belongs to one of the most turbulent twelve months in Roman history — the Year of the Four Emperors. Struck in the name of the Senate and People of Rome rather than under a named emperor, it was issued during the power vacuum following Nero's suicide in June 68 AD, when the Senate briefly reasserted its theoretical authority before Galba consolidated control. The SPQR attribution reflects a conscious political statement: after fourteen years of Neronian rule, the minting authority wanted distance from any single name.
The Libertas type is no accident for this moment. It was a pointed reference to freedom from tyranny, deployed with deliberate urgency in the weeks immediately following Nero's fall.