bpv_312419 - CLAUDIUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: an 118
Mint name / Town : Mopsus, Cilicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré un peu court au revers sur la légende. Belle tête de Tyché au droit. Joli revers. Belle patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste tourelé, voilé et drapé de Tyché à droite ; devant un épi.
Reverse
Reverse description : Apollon nu debout à gauche, tenant une branche de la main droite et appuyé de son coude gauche sur un trépied.
Reverse legend : MOYEATWN THS IERAS KAI AUTONOMOU/ HIR.
Reverse translation : (de Mopsus sainte et autonome/ an 118).
Commentary
Les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé quatre exemplaires avec trois coins de droit et un poids moyen de 5,91 g .
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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