brm_351049 - NERO Denier
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Price : 430.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 430.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 60-61
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lugdunum, (Lyon)
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Néron. Frappe molle au revers. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO. CAESAR. AVG. IMP..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Néron à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Nero Cæsar Augustus Imperator”, (Néron césar auguste empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF. MAX. TR. P. VII COS. IIII P P // EX - S C.
Reverse description : Cérès voilée et drapée debout à gauche, tenant des épis de la main droite tendue et une longue torche de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Septimum Consul quartum Pater Patriæ / Ex Senatus Consulto”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la septième Puissance Tribunitienne Consul pour la quatrièmes fois père de la Patrie / par décret du sénat).
Commentary
Légende ponctuée.
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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