brm_351897 - NERO Denier
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 67-68
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bien centré sur un flan ovale. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP NERO CAESAR - AVG PP.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero Cæsar Augustus Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur Néron césar auguste père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IVPPITER - CVSTOS.
Reverse description : Jupiter trônant à gauche, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iuppiter Custos”, (Jupiter protecteur).
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
