v43_0384 - NERO Denier
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 395.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 828.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 395.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 828.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 55-56
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, légèrement court sur les légendes. Très beau portrait. Revers de style fin. Une fine patine grise, légèrement granuleuse recouvre cet exemplaire
Catalogue references :
C.205 (6f.) - RIC.9 (R3) - BMC/RE.- - BN/R.17 pl. 32 - Giard/L2.9 /1 (1 ex.) - WCN.38 - RCV.- - MRK.-
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. II P. P. // EXSC.
Reverse description : Légende dans une couronne de chêne.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate iterum Consul Pater Patriæ / Ex Senatus Consulto”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la deuxième puissance tribunitienne consul pour la première fois père de la patrie / par décret du sénat).
Commentary
Malgré la rareté de ce type, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.
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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