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Dupondius - Nero SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S C II, Securitas
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Value | 1 Dupondius = 1/8 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P (Translation: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestas, Imperator, Pater Patriae. Nero Claudius, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), victor over the Germans, high priest, tribunician power, supreme commander (Imperator), father of the country.) |
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Nero's SECVRITAS AVGVSTI coinage of the 60s AD was not idle propaganda — it followed the suppression of the Pisonian conspiracy in 65 AD, a senatorial plot that came alarmingly close to ending his reign. The message was pointed: the emperor's security had been tested and survived. Bronze denominations like this dupondius carried that message into everyday transactions where gold and silver never reached.
RIC I 191 is among the more frequently encountered Neronian bronzes, struck across a period when the Rome mint was producing heavily. The radiate crown, visible on dupondii to distinguish them from the as, occasionally causes misattribution among less experienced handlers.