v43_0389 - NERO Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28)
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 850.00 €
Estimate : 1 300.00 €
Realised price : 1 271.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 494.00 €
Starting price : 850.00 €
Estimate : 1 300.00 €
Realised price : 1 271.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 494.00 €
Type : Dupondius, (MB, Æ 28)
Date: 66
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 15,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, légèrement décentré au revers sur une partie de la légende. Portrait de très haut relief et de toute beauté. Au revers, tous les détails de la Victoire sont visibles. Magnifique patine marron foncé glacée épaisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à gauche (O*1), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur Néron césar auguste, grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [VICTORIA] - AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et de la gauche, une palme.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (La Victoire de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Rubans de type 3. Les différents exemplaires présentent de grandes différences dans les rubans. Portrait de médaille.
Historical background
NERO
(13/10/54-9/06/68)
Augustus
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' 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 Claude by Agrippina with the help of Locuste in 54, aged 17, he began his reign under good auspices. Aided by Seneca, his tutor, and Burrus, prefect of the Praetorium, he governed intelligently with the Senate. He married Octavie, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. Octavie's brother, Britannicus, dies under mysterious conditions in AD 55 (poisoned?). After the "quinquennum aureum" (54-59), the emperor had or allowed his mother to be murdered. The last nine years of the reign will destabilize the principate.
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