v16_0408 - NERO Denier
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 290.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 290.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 321.00 €
Starting price : 290.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 290.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 321.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 61-62
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lugdunum, (Lyon)
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait expressif. Revers légèrement décentré. Très jolie patine de médaillier. Agréable monnaie
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 VIII COS IIII P P / EX|SC.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée, en habit militaire, debout à gauche tenant de la main droite un parazonium posé sur le genou droit, et une haste verticale de la main gauche ; elle pose le pied droit sur un casque, à côté duquel se trouve un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate octavus Consul quartus Pater Patriæ / Ex Senatus consulto”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la huitième Puissance Tribunitienne Consul quatre fois père de la patrie / par décret du Sénat).
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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