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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Twelve Caesars| > |Nero| > SH85666
Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D.
|Nero|, |Nero,| |13| |October| |54| |-| |9| |June| |68| |A.D.|, In either late 67 or early 68, Gaius Iulius Vindex, the Roman governor of Gallia Lugdunensis rebelled against Nero's tax policy. In order to gain support, he declared allegiance to Galba, the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, as the new emperor. Vindex was defeated and killed in battle near Vesontio (modern Besancon) but support for Galba grew. On 9 June 68, deserted by the Praetorian Guard, Nero stabbed himself in the throat.
SH85666. Silver denarius, RIC I 53 (R); RSC II 119; BMCRE I p. 210, 74; Mac Dowall WCN 57; BnF II 220; Hunter I 28, EF, excellent portrait, light toning, slight die wear, tight flan, Rome mint, weight 3.282g, maximum diameter 17.1mm, die axis 180o, 64 - 66 A.D.; obverse NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right; reverse IVPPITER CVSTOS (Jupiter the Preserver), Jupiter seated left, bare to the waist, himation around hips and legs, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand; SOLD




  






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Cloke, H. & L. Toone. The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine. (London, 2015).

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