bpv_809036 - CLAUDIUS Diobole
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Type : Diobole
Date: an 13
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Belle patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : TI KLAU KAI - SEBS GERMA.
Obverse translation : Tiberius Claudius César Augustus Germanicus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L-I(GAMMA).
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre, détournant la tête à gauche.
Reverse legend : AUTO-KRA.
Reverse translation : Imperator.
Commentary
Pour D. Sear, ce type est assimilé à une obole.
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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