v28_0135 - CLAUDIUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
Date: 42-43
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,43 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante, mais régulière. Beau portrait réaliste de Claude du début du règne. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Épigraphie élégante. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG. P M TR P IMP.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste, grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES AVGVSTA// .S C..
Reverse description : Spes (l'Espérance) debout à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Augusta”, (L'Espérance auguste).
Commentary
Les lettres S et C à l’exergue sont ponctuées comme sur l’exemplaire de l’ouvrage de Cayon, p. 69, photo n° 6.
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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