brm_877361 - NERO Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 66
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan très légèrement décentré. Usure importante mais Néron bien reconnaissable au droit. Sans patine
Catalogue references :
C.325 (2 fr.) - RIC.597 - BMC/RE.347 - BN/R.195 - RCV.1968 (960$) - MRK.14 /49 - Giard/L2.211 - WCN.533
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP NERO. CAESAR. AVG P MAX. TR. P. P. P..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à gauche (O*1), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur Néron césar auguste grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Securitas (la Sécurité) assise à droite, soutenant sa tête de son bras droit et tenant un sceptre court de la gauche ; devant un autel décoré contre lequel est posé une torche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Augusti”, (La Sécurité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Ayant fait sa réapparition sous la quatrième émission, Securitas (la Sécurité) continue à être exaltée sous la cinquième.
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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