Live auction - brm_612588 - CLAUDIUS Denier
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 1 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 650 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 September 2020 15:06:26 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 51-52
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,65 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Fine usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine grise de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P XI IMP P P COS V.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate undecimum Imperator Pater Patriae Consul Quintum”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste grand pontife, revêtu de la onzième puissance tribunitienne empereur père de la patrie consul pour la cinquième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PACI - AVGVSTÆ.
Reverse description : Pax Némésis (Victoire) drapée marchant à droite, les ailes repliées, portant sa main droite au visage et tenant un caducée de la main gauche, précédée par un serpent à ses pieds à droite.
Reverse translation : “Paci Augustæ”, (À la Paix de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.
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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