AR Denarius of Nero
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) 54-68 AD., - IMP NERO CAESAR
AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / Salus seated left on
ornamented throne, holding patera in right hand and resting left hand on
side, SALVS in ex (2.92 grams, 19/17 mm) Rome mint 66-67 AD.,
RIC I 67 RSC 318, Very fine, estimate $900
The symbolism of this reverse type is twofold - to commemorate the building of a
temple to Salus, and to call for the continued protection of Nero following the
disastrous Pisonian Conspiracy (RIC I, p. 146). Events of the years 64-65 AD.
defined the subsequent reputation of Nero as a cruel and self-indulgent ruler.
In 64 AD., a large section of central Rome burned, Nero"s reputed singing of the
destruction of Troy during the fire led to the later association of him
"fiddling" as the city burned. Within the charred remains of the city"s center,
Nero constructed the Domus Aurea, or Golden House, so named because of the
gilded tiles on its exterior. Nero"s "excesses" resulted in a conspiracy to
overthrow and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among the conspirators
were many high-ranking members of Nero"s court including Seneca the Younger, the
poet Lucan, and Petronius, who called himself Nero"s "arbiter of elegance" . To
Nero, the failure of a conspiracy made up of those so close to him could have
been achieved only through divine intervention.
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