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Denarius - Nero SALVS, Salus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 65-66 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck at Rome in 65–66 AD, this issue falls squarely in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 64 AD and the Pisonian conspiracy of 65 AD — a failed assassination plot that left Nero increasingly paranoid and the Senate decimated through forced suicides and executions. The SALVS type, invoking the goddess of public welfare and safety, was part of a broader programmatic coinage push that followed these crises, projecting stability at a moment when Nero's grip on the court was tightening through purges rather than popular legitimacy.
The silver content of denarii from this period was already beginning its long imperial slide, though RIC I#60 predates the more aggressive debasement Nero undertook closer to 64 AD's fiscal aftermath.