v27_0628 - NERO Sesterce, (GB, Æ 37)
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 3 200.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
Realised price : 3 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 982.00 €
Starting price : 3 200.00 €
Estimate : 4 500.00 €
Realised price : 3 200.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 3 982.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 37)
Date: 65
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 28,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et épais, complet des deux cotés avec les grènetis visibles malgré un léger décentrage. Superbe portrait, usure régulière du revers. Très jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
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 : PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT / S|C.
Reverse description : Le Temple de Janus fermé, avec la porte à droite.
Reverse translation : “Pace Populo Romano Terra Marique Parta Ianum Clusit”, (La paix du peuple romain étant établie sur terre et sur mer il ferma les portes du temple de Janus).
Commentary
Pour ce type, J.-B. Giard a répertorié quatre exemplaires. Revers très intéressant, à comparer avec le dupondius n°663 et l’as n°695.
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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