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Denarius MACRIANA LIB LEG I, Libertas
| Issuer | Carthage, Usurpations of |
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| Year | 68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | MACRIANA LIB LEG I (Translation: Macriana Liberatrix Legio I. Liberatrix, first legion of Macer.) |
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| Mint | Carthage |
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This denarius belongs to the brief coinage struck by Lucius Clodius Macer, the governor of Africa who refused to recognize Galba following Nero's fall in 68 AD. Macer raised a second African legion — the Legio I Macriana Liberatrix, whose title this coin directly references — and cut off Rome's grain supply from Carthage, a move with immediate and serious consequences for the city's food security. He was dead within months, executed on Galba's orders before Galba himself was killed.