brm_983875 - CLAUDIUS Aureus
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Type : Aureus
Date: 44-45
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Très beau revers, bien venu à la frappe. Joli portrait de Claude. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P. IIII..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Quartum”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste grand pontife, revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PACI - AVGVSTÆ.
Reverse description : Pax Némésis (Victoire) drapée marchant à droite, les ailes repliées, portant sa main droite au visage et tenant un caducée de la main gauche, précédée par un serpent à ses pieds à droite.
Reverse translation : “Paci Augustæ”, (À la Paix de l’auguste).
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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