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Denarius PACI P R
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 68-69 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped female bust of Bonus Eventus facing right, the hair elaborately ridged and coiled at the nape of the neck with a spherical bun, rendered in a refined Julio-Claudian style. The legend BON EVENT arcs along the right field in crisp Latin capitals. The portrait is modelled with fine engraving, conveying an idealised, personified deity rather than a historical portrait. The flan is irregular in shape, characteristic of hand-struck Republican-era production, with moderate die wear visible across the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (68-69) |
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Struck in the name of Galba during the catastrophic Year of the Four Emperors, this denarius belongs to one of the most compressed and politically violent minting episodes in Roman history. Galba's reign lasted just seven months before his murder on the Palatine in January 69 AD. The PACI P R reverse type — invoking peace for the Roman people — reads as almost darkly ironic against the backdrop of four successive claimants, two sacks of the Capitol, and a civil war that left the Vitellian dead stacked in the streets of Rome.