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NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M IMP P P / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT / S C NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT NERO CAESAR AVG IMP TR POT XIII P P / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT

Temple of Janus, door r., S C flanking also BMC 162, RIC 323, WCN 162 IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P P P / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT MAX TR POT P P / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS / PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT See the biography of Nero at De Imperatoribus Romanis, an online encyclopedia of Roman emperors. The arch was dismantled after Nero's ignominious end in 68 and is only known through its depiction on the coins. Although not particularly successful in a military sense, with Paetus losing almost his entire army at Randeia in Armenia, the war did end with a peace treaty favorable to Rome that was upheld for nearly fifty years. The monumental triumphal arch seen on several sestertii was erected by Nero to commemorate Roman military campaigns against the Parthians in Mesopotamia and Armenia. See an excellent description and translation of Nero's Temple of Janus coins. The Latin word PARTA does not, at least in this case, refer to Parthia. This type is scarce it was issued after Nero's assumption of "Imperator" as a praenomen (mid-66 AD) and was probably discontinued when the Jewish war broke out in November 66 A.D., probably causing the doors of the Temple of Janus to be opened again.

The coins of Nero bearing the temple of Janus reverse motif are generally accepted to refer to the peace following cessation of Corbulo's campaigns against the Parthians and the installation of Tiridates, Parthian nominee for the throne of Armenia.