v31_0158 - CLAUDIUS As, (MB, Æ 29)
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 350.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 350.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 29)
Date: 50-54
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,79 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, ovale et irrégulier avec un très beau portrait. Revers de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Claude à gauche (O°1).
Obverse translation : "Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ", (Tibère Claude césar auguste grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne empereur père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANTIAE - AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Constantia (la Constance) debout à gauche, casquée et vêtue militairement, levant la main droite et tenant un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Constantiæ Augusti”, (À la Constance de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Exemplaire de style et d’épigraphie élégante.
Historical background
CLAUDIUS
(24/01/41-13/10/54)
Claude was born in 10 BC in Lyon. Became emperor by chance after the assassination of Caligula in 41, he is despite physical flaws a great emperor and a good administrator, but remains dominated by his wives and his freedmen who hold the reality of power. In 50, after his marriage with his niece, Agrippina, he adopted his son Nero to the detriment of Britannicus, his own son born of the union with Messalina. He dies assassinated by Agrippina who serves him a dish of poisoned mushrooms.
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