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Dupondius - Nero VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C II, Victory
| 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 |
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| Reverse description | Winged figure of Victoria advancing left, her drapery billowing behind her, holding a laurel wreath extended in her raised right hand and a palm branch cradled in her left arm. The senatorial authorization mark S C (Senatus Consultum) appears in large letters to either side of the figure in the central field. The control mark II is placed in the exergue below, identifying this as a specific officina or emission within the series. The legend VICTORIA AVGVSTI arcs around the upper periphery in bold Latin capitals. |
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Nero's Victory coinage of this period was tied directly to the Armenian campaign prosecuted by Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, whose military successes between 58 and 63 AD gave the emperor a rare legitimate claim to martial glory — remarkable given Nero's personal indifference to soldiering. The settlement at Rhandeia in 63 AD, which installed the Arsacid Tiridates as a Roman client king, was the political event these issues were designed to celebrate and publicize.
Corbulo was later ordered to commit suicide in 67 AD, his victories quietly absorbed into Nero's official record.