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Marcus Cocceius Nerva was Roman emperor from 96 to 98 CE and his reign brought stability after the turbulent successions of his predecessors. In addition, Nerva helped establish the foundations for a new golden era for Rome which his chosen successor Trajan would bring to full fruition.
As Heemstra argues, the consequence of Nervaâs reform means that the Roman state prosecuted the tax under a purely religious definition of Judaism, rather than ethnic one. And it was Nervaâs reform of the tax that led to sharper distinctions between Jew and Christian. I am presently engaged in the research of Nervaâs coinage program. In particular, I am interested in the frequency of various images on his coinage and the audiences at which those images were targeted.