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Denarius - Nero IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 67-68 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P P (Translation: Supreme commander Nero Caesar, emperor, father of the country.) |
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| Mintage | ND (67-68) |
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Issued in the final year before Nero's suicide, this coin appeared as the Julio-Claudian dynasty was disintegrating under the pressure of provincial revolts — Vindex in Gaul, then Galba in Spain. The appeal to Jupiter as protector was not incidental; Nero had explicitly invoked divine guardianship following the conspiracy of Piso in 65 AD, and this series reflects that anxious theology of a reign feeling the ground shift beneath it.
RIC I 69 is among the last denarius types struck under Nero before the mint output collapsed entirely in 68 AD.