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Denarius I O M CAPITOLINVS, Vesta and Jupiter

Uitgever Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Jaar 68-69
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Valuta Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
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Beschrijving keerzijde Jupiter enthroned in majesty, seated left upon a throne within a distyle temple, the architectural frame featuring two columns supporting a pediment ornamented with a wreath at its apex. The deity holds a thunderbolt in his extended right hand and a long sceptre in his left, asserting his supreme authority. The composition places the king of the gods within the sacred precinct of the Capitoline temple in Rome, a deliberate invocation of divine legitimacy during the civil conflict of AD 68–69. The legend naming Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus encircles the design. The reverse type served as powerful propaganda linking the issuing authority to the protection of Rome's preeminent deity.
Schrift keerzijde Log in om details te zien
Opschrift keerzijde I O M CAPITOLINVS
(Translation: Iovi Optimo Maximo Capitolinus. Jupiter, the best and the greatest, on the Capitoline Hill.)
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Aanvullende informatie

Struck in the name of Capitoline Jupiter during the Year of the Four Emperors, this denarius belongs to one of the most politically volatile minting episodes in Roman history. Following Nero's suicide in June 68 AD, the Roman treasury was in disorder and multiple claimants were simultaneously producing coinage to legitimize their authority. The precise issuing authority for this type remains debated — RIC attributes it to the Galban or early Vitellian period, but the attribution carries ongoing scholarly uncertainty.

The invocation of Capitoline Jupiter was pointed propaganda. The temple on the Capitoline Hill burned during the Flavian assault on Rome in December 69 AD.

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