Nero's VICTORIA AVGVSTI coinage was tied directly to the Armenian settlement of 63 AD, in which the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo forced a diplomatic resolution after years of costly campaigning against Parthia — a compromise that let both empires claim victory. The Senate declared it a triumph regardless. Nero took the credit publicly and enthusiastically, despite never leaving Italy.
Orichalcum dupondii of this type were struck across a six-year window at Rome, with RIC 448 among the more frequently encountered varieties from the latter half of Nero's reign.
Nero's VICTORIA AVGVSTI coinage was tied directly to the Armenian settlement of 63 AD, in which the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo forced a diplomatic resolution after years of costly campaigning against Parthia — a compromise that let both empires claim victory. The Senate declared it a triumph regardless. Nero took the credit publicly and enthusiastically, despite never leaving Italy.
Orichalcum dupondii of this type were struck across a six-year window at Rome, with RIC 448 among the more frequently encountered varieties from the latter half of Nero's reign.