Live auction - bpv_839059 - NERO and CLAUDIUS Didrachme

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Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	720 €
Maximum bid :	720 €
End of the sale :	05 September 2023 14:32:17
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Didrachme

Date: 63-65

Mint name / Town : Cappadoce, Césarée

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 700 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,32 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Bustes finement détaillés. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.1 (50f.) var. - RIC.619-620 (R3) var. - BMC.416 - RPC.3647 - Syd.67 - RCV.2055 (800$) - BN/R.443

Obverse

Obverse legend : NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMA.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Divi Claudii Filius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus”, (Néron Claude fils du divin Claude césar auguste germanique).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DIVOS CLAVD AVGVST GERMANIC PATER AVG.

Reverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).

Reverse translation : “Divos Claudius Augustus Germanicus Pater Augusti”, (Divin Claude auguste germanique père de l’auguste).

Commentary

Les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont répertorié quarante-huit exemplaires pour ce type avec quarante-six coins de droit et mis en lumière la possibilité d’un second atelier, différent de Césarée de Cappadoce.