Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVI 26 Sep 2018
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Civil War, Vindex AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Gaul, AD 68. DIVVS AVG P P, laureate head of the deified Augustus to right / PAX, clasped hands holding winged caduceus flanked by two cornucopiae. Martin A23; C. 200 and 336 (Augustus); BMCRE 304; RIC 113. 3.66g, 18mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare – one of only five known examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics VII, 22 March 2014, lot 1015 (hammer: £5,500).
Often seen as a reaction to Nero's tax policy and a campaign for Gallic independence, the numismatic evidence of the revolt suggests the contrary and demonstrates that rather than having an anti-Roman agenda, Vindex was specifically anti-Neronian and anti-tyrannical. His coinage employs consistently Augustan propaganda, the example seen on this reverse type recalling the great Pax inaugurated by Augustus following his defeat of Marc Antony.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare – one of only five known examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics VII, 22 March 2014, lot 1015 (hammer: £5,500).
Often seen as a reaction to Nero's tax policy and a campaign for Gallic independence, the numismatic evidence of the revolt suggests the contrary and demonstrates that rather than having an anti-Roman agenda, Vindex was specifically anti-Neronian and anti-tyrannical. His coinage employs consistently Augustan propaganda, the example seen on this reverse type recalling the great Pax inaugurated by Augustus following his defeat of Marc Antony.