brm_906755 - CLAUDIUS Quadrans
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Type : Quadrans
Date: 41
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,03 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolie représentation du droit. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG / P N R.
Obverse description : Main tournée à gauche tenant une balance ; entre les plateaux, inscription.
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste)/ “Pondus Nummorum Restitutum”, (le poids des monnaies restaurées).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PON M TR P IMP P P COS II.
Reverse description : dans le champ, S C.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ Consul Iterum", (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, empereur, père de la patrie consul pour la deuxième fois).
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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