brm_308419 - NERO Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 65-66
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, court sur la légende de droit. Beau portrait de Néron particulier. Joli revers de style fin à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CAESAR - AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Nero Cæsar Augustus”, (Néron césar auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IVPPITER - CVSTOS.
Reverse description : Jupiter trônant à gauche, tenant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iuppiter Custos”, (Jupiter le gardien).
Commentary
Rubans de type 2. Portrait particulier.
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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