brm_514551 - NERO Dupondius
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 65
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 14,52 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure régulière. Métal légèrement piqué. Buste agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P P P.
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Néron à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriæ” (L’empereur Néron Claude césar auguste germanique, Grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, Père de la Patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PACE P R TERRA MARIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT / S|C.
Reverse description : Temple de Janus fermé, avec la porte à droite.
Reverse translation : “Pace Populo Romano Terra Marique Parta Ianum Clusit” (La paix du peuple romain étant établie sur terre et sur mer, il ferma le temple de Janus).
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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