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| Estimate : | 2 000 € |
| Price : | 1 519 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 14:51:05 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: fin
Date: 37
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, idéalement centré. Très beaux portraits, notamment de Germanicus. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
C.2 (25f.) - RIC.12 (R3) - BMC/RE.19 - BN/R.29 - Giard/L2.172 /7a - RCV.- - MRK.11 /4 (4000€) - RSC.2
Obverse
Obverse legend : C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Caligula à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Caius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate”, (Caius césar auguste germanique grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GERMANICVS CAES P C CAES AVG GERM.
Reverse description : Tête nue de Germanicus à droite (O°).
Reverse translation : “Germanicus Cæsar Pater Caius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus”, (Germanicus césar père de Caius césar auguste Germanicus.
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. J.-B. Giard pour cette émission a répertorié dix-huit coins de droit et dix-huit coins de revers pour vingt-et-un exemplaires recensés.
Historical background
CALIGULA and GERMANICUS
(37-41)
Caligula is very attached to his parents. His father Germanicus is the son of Drusus senior, brother of Tiberius and Antonia minore, daughter of Marc Antoine and Octavie. At the age of seven, Caligula lost his father, Germanicus (October 10, 19). His mother Agrippina, daughter of Julie and Agrippa, brought him up in memory of this deceased father. As time passes, she pits her children against Tibere, her stepfather, because the latter was Julie's third husband. She accuses him of having poisoned her husband through Pison, governor of Syria. Tiberius ends up taking a dislike to his daughter-in-law and finally has her exiled. Then, he executes or relegates the other children of the descendants of Germanicus: Nero and Drusus are successively eliminated, young Agrippina and Drusilla are exiled, Agrippina mother lets herself die. Tiberius keeps with him only Caligula who ends up succeeding him after having stifled his protector, as reported by the testimony of Suetonius.
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