Sestertius - Nero PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT S C

The legend on this coin records one of Nero's most politically charged acts: the closing of the Temple of Janus, a ritual gesture signifying peace throughout the Roman world by land and sea. Nero closed the doors in 66 AD following the settlement with Parthia over Armenia — a genuine diplomatic achievement negotiated largely by Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, the general Nero would later order to suicide. The Janus closure had happened only twice before in Rome's history prior to Augustus, giving the act enormous symbolic weight regardless of how cynically it was deployed.