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Sestertius - Nerva LIBERTAS PVBLICA S C, Libertas

Uitgever Roman Imperial Mint
Jaar 97
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Gewicht 26.4 g
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Beschrijving voorzijde Laureate head of Emperor Nerva facing right, rendered in high relief with the characteristic aged features of the emperor. The portrait displays finely engraved laurel wreath with individual leaves visible, framing a sharply defined profile with prominent nose and brow. The effigy is set within a beaded border, with the encircling legend distributed around the field. The style reflects the restrained, realistic portraiture characteristic of late first-century Roman imperial coinage.
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Oplage ND (97)
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Nerva struck this LIBERTAS PVBLICA issue in 97 AD, the year following his accession after Domitian's assassination. The slogan was deliberate provocation — Domitian had been declared damnatio memoriae by the Senate, and Nerva's coinage served as a running rebuttal, advertising liberties the previous regime had systematically crushed. The Senate had not forgotten that Domitian executed men for the contents of their libraries.

Nerva died in January 98, leaving this type with a production window of little more than a year.

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