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Sestertius - Nero PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S C
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 62-68 |
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| Weight | 26.4 g |
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| Obverse lettering | NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER 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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| Reverse lettering | PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S C (Translation: Pace Populo Romano Terra Marique Parta Ianum Clusit, Senatus Consultum. Peace of the Roman people on land and sea. The gates of the temple of Janus are closed. Decree of the senate.) |
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The reverse legend commemorates Nero's closing of the Temple of Janus — a ritual act performed only when Rome was at peace on all fronts, and one of the rarest gestures in Roman state religion. Nero carried it out in 66 AD following the settlement with Parthia over Armenia, brokered by Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo after years of grinding frontier warfare. Augustus had closed the gates twice; Nero's closure was only the fourth or fifth time in recorded Roman history the ceremony had been performed.