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Sestertius - Nero CONG I DAT POP S C, Minerva and Liberalitas
| Uitgever | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Jaar | 62-68 |
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| Samenstelling | Orichalcum (brass) |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Complex multi-figure scene depicting the imperial congiarium (public distribution) ceremony. At left, Nero, bare-headed and togate, is seated right upon a raised platform (suggestum); beside him on a lower platform, a seated official extends a congiarium to a citizen standing before him, accompanied by a small boy. To the right of the composition stand two personifications: Minerva, helmeted, facing left, holding an owl and spear; and Liberalitas, holding a tessera (counting board). The scene is richly detailed, conveying the emperor's munificence toward the Roman populace, with the senatorial mark S C prominent in the field. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | CONG I DAT POP S C (Translation: Congiarium Primum Datum Populo, Senatus Consultum. The first congiarium (distribution of money to the civilians) given to the people. Decree of the senate.) |
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This sestertius commemorates one of Nero's public congiaria — cash distributions made directly to the Roman populace, a practice that had evolved from the old Republican tradition of distributing grain and oil into outright monetary handouts by the imperial period. Nero's congiaria were politically calculated: his reign saw repeated attempts to shore up public goodwill against mounting senatorial hostility. The legend CONG I DAT POP — "the first gift given to the people" — marks this as the inaugural distribution of his reign, likely tied to the early years when his public image was still carefully managed under Burrus and Seneca's influence.