v43_0386 - NERO As, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 280.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: 65
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait bien venu, de haut relief à l’usure superficielle. Frappe molle au revers, en particulier sur les ailes de la Victoire. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CAESAR AV-G GERM IMP.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Nero Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Imperator”, (Néron césar auguste germanique empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) volant à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant un bouclier inscrit S P Q R.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Populus Que Romanus/ Senatus Consulto”, (Au nom du Sénat et du peuple romain/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Rubans de type 1. Césure inhabituelle au droit. Beau portrait du début de la Réforme.
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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