bpv_625042 - CLAUDIUS Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan à l’usure importante, lisible etidentifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : TI KLAU KAI - SEBAS GERM, (Tiberios Claudios Kaisar Sebastos Germanikos).
Obverse translation : (Tibère Claude césar auguste germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : //L-IA.
Reverse description : Mais jointes.
Reverse legend : AUT-OKRA, (Autokrator).
Reverse translation : (Empereur/ An 11).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente. Ce monnayage divisionnaire semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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