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| Nero (AD 54-68) Æ As / Temple of Janus |
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Attribution: RIC I 306 Rome
Date: AD 65
Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP,, laureate head right
Reverse: PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT, view of the temple of Janus, closed door to right, decorated with garland; S-C across fields
Size: 29.86mm
Weight: 10.31 grams
Rarity:  6
Description: good Fine. From the Ellery Johnson Collection. Nero commissioned this reverse type to commemorate the establishment of peace on all of Rome's fronts. According to tradition the doors to the temple of Janus were only to be closed in times of peace.
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