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Auction 123 23-24 May 2023
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Nerva. AD 96-98. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 97. Laureate head right / Libertas standing left, holding pileus in right hand and vindicta in left. RIC II 19; RSC 113. Stunning iridescent tone, lustrous, trace deposits. EF.
According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, "Libertas", the vindicta, which Libertas carries, was "the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation."
According to A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins by John Melville Jones, "Libertas", the vindicta, which Libertas carries, was "the rod with which a slave was touched during the ceremony of manumission or liberation."