brm_944779 - CLAUDIUS Dupondius
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 41-45
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli portrait, quasi TTB+. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Claude à gauche (O°1).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas Imperator”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste, grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CERES - AVGVSTA// SC.
Reverse description : Cérès assise à gauche sur un trône décoré, voilée et drapée, tenant deux épis de la main droite et une torche transversale allumée de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Ceres Augusta”, (Cérès augusta).
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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