v27_0627 - NERO Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 1 800.00 €
Estimate : 2 800.00 €
Realised price : 3 170.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 3 840.00 €
Starting price : 1 800.00 €
Estimate : 2 800.00 €
Realised price : 3 170.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 3 840.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
Date: 65
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 26,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large et épais. Superbe portrait de haut relief servi par une jolie patine marron foncé. Revers légèrement décentré mais complet
Catalogue references :
C.14 - RIC.430 - BMC/RE.- - BN/R.70 - RCV.1952 (4000$) - MRK.14 /27 - Giard/L2.106 /1a (9 ex.) - WCN.416
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ”, (Néron Claude césar auguste germanique, grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, empereur, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNONA - AVGVSTI - CERES// S C.
Reverse description : Annona (l’Annone) debout à gauche, tournée à droite, tenant une corne d’abondance face à Cérès assise à droite, tournée à gauche, tenant une torche et des épis ; au milieu, un modius posé sur un autel paré avec une poupe de navire à l’arrière plan.
Reverse translation : “Annona Augusti Ceres”, (L’Annone de l’auguste Cérès).
Commentary
Pour ce type, J.-B. Giard a répertorié neuf exemplaires.
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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