v09_0189 - NERO Quadrans, (PB, Æ 15)
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Type : Quadrans, (PB, Æ 15)
Date: 64
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire. Frappé avec un coin bouché au droit. Très belle patine vert émeraude / Style de revers très fin
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CLA - V CAE AVG.
Obverse description : Chouette, les ailes ouvertes, debout sur un autel.
Obverse translation : "Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus", (Néron Claude césar auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - IMP P P S/C.
Reverse description : Branche d'olivier entre S-C.
Reverse translation : "Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas Imperator Pater Patriæ", (grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne empereur père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids très léger.
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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