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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4491805, member: 51347"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] , I would snap both up in a HEARTBEAT! The countermarks are VERY cool. And a fouree? That is cool!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>GAIVS IVLIVS VINDEX:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2017-5-22_15-18-17-png.628192/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p>Roman Civil War</p><p>Vindex</p><p>AR Denarius, 3.22g, 19mm</p><p>Uncertain mint in Gaul, AD 68. Struck between early March 68 (when he revolted) and May 68 (when he was killed)</p><p>Obv: SALVS GENERIS HVMANI, Victory standing to left on globe, holding palm branch and wreath</p><p>Rev: SPQR within corona civica with circular jewel in bezel at apex.</p><p>Ref: Nicolas 77; RIC 72; BMC 34. BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420</p><p>Ex: [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Comments: In CE 68 Vindex in Gaul, revolted against Nero, but had no legions. He asked Galba, in Spain, to help and Vindex quickly raised an army. However, the commander on the Rhine - Germania Superior (Lucius Verginius Rufus) attacked and defeated Vindex, leaving Galba to contest for the empire.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1114490[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Civil War </p><p>Vindex </p><p>CE 68-69 </p><p>AR Denarius 17mm 3.02g</p><p>ROMA RESTITVTA - </p><p>IVPITER LIBERATOR Jupiter seated r Tbolt Scepter </p><p>RIC I 62 RSC 374-</p><p>RARE</p><p><br /></p><p>Other Notes: Unusual and distinctive coin due to the lack of a portrait or the titles of a living emperor, this Civil War issue of Vindex defines his revolt clearly; while the obverse proclaims that the uprising is to be the salvation of the people, the reverse hints that Rome will be set free and the days of Augustus restored to the city.</p><p>Although Vindex was defeated, he served to swell popularity for Galba and, sensing this, Nero fled Rome. Shortly after, the Senate decided to oust Nero by declaring him a public enemy, thus spurring his suicide. Consequently, between June 68 AD and December 69 AD, Rome witnessed a period of anarchy and a series of quick successions. Four Emperors ruled in this period: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, with the latter securing the imperial throne and founding the Flavian dynasty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4491805, member: 51347"][USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] , I would snap both up in a HEARTBEAT! The countermarks are VERY cool. And a fouree? That is cool! [B]GAIVS IVLIVS VINDEX: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2017-5-22_15-18-17-png.628192/[/IMG][/B] Roman Civil War Vindex AR Denarius, 3.22g, 19mm Uncertain mint in Gaul, AD 68. Struck between early March 68 (when he revolted) and May 68 (when he was killed) Obv: SALVS GENERIS HVMANI, Victory standing to left on globe, holding palm branch and wreath Rev: SPQR within corona civica with circular jewel in bezel at apex. Ref: Nicolas 77; RIC 72; BMC 34. BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420 Ex: [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] Comments: In CE 68 Vindex in Gaul, revolted against Nero, but had no legions. He asked Galba, in Spain, to help and Vindex quickly raised an army. However, the commander on the Rhine - Germania Superior (Lucius Verginius Rufus) attacked and defeated Vindex, leaving Galba to contest for the empire. [ATTACH=full]1114490[/ATTACH] Roman Civil War Vindex CE 68-69 AR Denarius 17mm 3.02g ROMA RESTITVTA - IVPITER LIBERATOR Jupiter seated r Tbolt Scepter RIC I 62 RSC 374- RARE Other Notes: Unusual and distinctive coin due to the lack of a portrait or the titles of a living emperor, this Civil War issue of Vindex defines his revolt clearly; while the obverse proclaims that the uprising is to be the salvation of the people, the reverse hints that Rome will be set free and the days of Augustus restored to the city. Although Vindex was defeated, he served to swell popularity for Galba and, sensing this, Nero fled Rome. Shortly after, the Senate decided to oust Nero by declaring him a public enemy, thus spurring his suicide. Consequently, between June 68 AD and December 69 AD, Rome witnessed a period of anarchy and a series of quick successions. Four Emperors ruled in this period: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian, with the latter securing the imperial throne and founding the Flavian dynasty.[/QUOTE]
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