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Live auction - brm_392383 - ANTONIA Aureus, restitution de Claude

ANTONIA Aureus, restitution de Claude XF
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Estimate : 8 500 €
Price : 6 200 €
Maximum bid : 6 200 €
End of the sale : 28 June 2016 15:16:48
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Aureus, restitution de Claude
Date: 41-42
Mint name / Town : Lyon, Gaule
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,73 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait idéalisé d’Antonia à l’usure régulière. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine de collection

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANTONIA - AVGVSTA.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé d’Antonia à droite, la chevelure se terminant par une petite queue de cheval (L).
Obverse translation : “Antonia Augusta” (Antonia augusta).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SACERDOS - DIVI - AVGVSTI.
Reverse description : Deux torches allumées liées par un ruban.
Reverse translation : “Sacerdos divi augusti” (Prêtresse du divin auguste).

Commentary


Le portrait d’Antonia est particulièrement bien venu.

Historical background


ANTONIA

(+37) restitution of CLAUDE

Daughter of Marcus Antonius, wife of Nero Drusus, mother of Germanicus

Antonia (36 AC - 37 AD), daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia, niece of Augustus, wife of Drusus, mother of Germanicus and Claudius, sister-in-law of Tiberius, crosses the Augustan period to die - possibly poisoned - during the reign of Caligula, her grandson. It is she who, in 29, reveals the sedition of Séjan to Tiberius.

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