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Denarius - Nero ROMA, Roma and Victory
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 64-65 |
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| Weight | 3.2 g |
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| Reverse description | Roma seated left on a cuirass, wearing a helmet and military dress, her right hand extended holding a small Victory figure presenting a wreath, her left hand resting on a parazonium or long sceptre. A shield is visible at her side. The exergual legend ROMA is inscribed in large letters beneath the seated figure, occupying the lower portion of the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (64-65) |
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This issue dates to the years immediately following Nero's catastrophic recoinage of 64 AD, in which he reduced the denarius's silver content and trimmed its weight — the first deliberate imperial debasement of the denomination. The reform effectively shifted production costs onto the currency's users and generated enormous quantities of fresh coin, flooding circulation at a moment when Rome was still absorbing the financial shock of the Great Fire.
RIC I 55 is among the types produced at Rome in the immediate aftermath of that policy shift.