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Sestertius - Nero S C, Mars, Pax, and Victory
| Uitgever | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Jaar | 62-68 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate bust of Nero facing right, draped at the shoulder, rendered in high relief with finely detailed curling hair and beard. The emperor's effigy is depicted in a strong, authoritative profile characteristic of Neronian portraiture. The circular legend runs along the full periphery of the coin, reading NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P. The field is broad and slightly convex, typical of the large Julio-Claudian sestertius format. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | 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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Nero's later sestertii, struck from roughly 62 onward, coincide with the period after Burrus died and Seneca withdrew — the two moderating influences on his reign gone within months of each other. The coinage grows more assertive in its messaging from this point, with reverse types invoking peace and victory at a moment when the Armenian frontier under Corbulo was anything but settled. The Parthian question dominated Roman strategic thinking for the entire decade, and the eventual settlement of 63 AD required acknowledging a Parthian-nominated king on the Armenian throne, a compromise the mint's imagery conspicuously declined to advertise honestly.