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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 24490669, member: 128351&quot;]A coin struck to celebrate end of a conflict? This as of Nero, of course...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1551250[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse shows the Temple of Janus, in Rome, with its door closed.</p><p><br /></p><p>An old Roman rite was to open the door of this temple when a war started and keep it open until the war was finished. Then there was a great ceremony in which the door was closed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under Nero, Rome was at war against the Parthian Empire about Armenia. Finally, an agreement was found : the king of Armenia would always be chosen in the Parthian king&#039;s family, but he would be declared king and crowned by Rome. The war was over and at Rome Nero closed Janus&#039; door.</p><p><br /></p><p>C. AD 66 this event was celebrated at Rome, and coins were minted to commemorate the closing of Janus&#039; door. Obverse and reverse legends have to be read in continuity :</p><p>IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERMANIC / PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT : &quot;The emperor Nero Caesar Augustus, the Germanic, / established the Roman People&#039;s peace everywhere and closed Janus (door)&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Nero[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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