Live auction - brm_362279 - NERO Denier
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 950 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 170 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 14:52:14 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: 51
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan ovale bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Néron César. Très joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine de médaillier avec reflets mordorés et bleutés irisés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Néron à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°11).
Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Cæsar Drusus Germanicus Princeps Iuventutis” (Néron Claude césar Drusus germanique, Prince de la Jeunesse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACERD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S C.
Reverse description : Simpulum et lituus sur un trépied et une patère (symboles des quatre principaux collèges religieux).
Reverse translation : “Sacerdos Cooptatus in omnibus conlegiis supra numerum ex senetus consulto” (Admis comme prêtre dans tous les collèges sacerdotaux en plus du nombre habituel par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Fourré. Poids léger. Portrait tout à fait inhabituel et exceptionnel.
Historical background
NERO
(13/10/54-9/06/68)
Caesar
Nero is certainly one of the best-known emperors, thanks to Tacitus and Suetonius, but also one of the most decried. He is the last representative of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Son of Agrippina, Claudius's second wife, and Cneius Domitius Ahenobarbus, he was born in 37. He descends from both Augustus through his mother and Julie through his maternal grandfather, Germanicus. After the assassination of Claudius perpetrated by Agrippina with the help of Locuste in 54, he began his reign at the age of 17 under good auspices. Aided by Seneca, his tutor, and Burrus, prefect of the Praetorium, he governed intelligently with the Senate. He marries Octavie, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. Octavie's brother, Britannicus, dies under mysterious conditions in 55 BC (poisoned?). After the "quinquennum aureum" (54-59), the Emperor had or allowed his mother to be assassinated. The last nine years of the reign will destabilize the principate.
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