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Denarius - Nero PONTIF MAX TR P X COS IIII P P EX S C, Virtus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 63-64 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (63-64) |
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Nero's coinage of 63–64 AD falls in the period just before the Great Fire of Rome, when his principate still retained a veneer of Augustan traditionalism. The addition of EX S C — "by decree of the Senate" — on a silver imperial issue is genuinely unusual; it appears on select Neronian denarii as a calculated gesture toward senatorial legitimacy, possibly connected to the political maneuvering following the death of Burrus and the fall of Seneca's influence at court.
RIC I#41 is among the more discussed types in the series precisely because that EX S C formula had largely disappeared from precious metal coinage after Augustus.