brm_353142 - NERO Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 51
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,84 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale à l’usure importante, troué sous le portrait. Patine grise avec le métal vil visible
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGN.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Néron à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°01).
Obverse translation : “Neroni Claudio Druso Germanicus Consuli Designati”, (À Néron Claude Drusus germanique, consul désigné).
Reverse
Reverse legend : EQVESTER/ OR. DO/ PRINCIPI/ IVVENT.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans un bouclier votif, traversé verticalement par une lance.
Reverse translation : “Equester Ordo Principi Iuventutis”, (L’ordre équestre au prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Fourré et troué. Rubans de type 3. Dans son corpus sur Lyon, Giard a relevé douze exemplaires avec autant de coins de droit que de coins de revers. C’est néanmoins un monnayage rare et dynastique, frappé au moment de l’adoption de Néron comme César.
Historical background
NERO
(13/10/54-9/06/68)
Caesar
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's 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 Claudius perpetrated by Agrippina with the help of Locuste in 54, he began his reign at the age of 17 under good auspices. Aided by Seneca, his tutor, and Burrus, prefect of the Praetorium, he governed intelligently with the Senate. He marries Octavie, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. Octavie's brother, Britannicus, dies under mysterious conditions in 55 BC (poisoned?). After the "quinquennum aureum" (54-59), the Emperor had or allowed his mother to be assassinated. The last nine years of the reign will destabilize the principate.
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