bpv_993226 - NERO Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,42 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : NERW KLAU KAIS SEBA GER AUTO (Nerw Klaudios Kaisaros Sebastos Germanikos Autokratoros)
Obverse translation : (Néron Claude César auguste germanique empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LE.
Reverse description : Irénée drapée debout à droite, tenant un caducée de la main droite et un casque corinthien de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : IRH-NH
Reverse translation : (Irénée/ la Paix, an 5).
Commentary
Pour ce type, les auteurs du RPC ont relevé seulement sept exemplaires. Les tétradrachmes du début du règne sont toujours plus rares que ceux des dernières années.
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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