v21_2369 - NERO and AGRIPPINA Denier
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 55
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon (Lugdunum)
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beaux portraits. Flan légèrement granuleux avec une patine grise qui recouvre l’ensemble de la pièce. Faiblesse de frappe sur la couronne au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER.
Obverse description : Bustes en regard de Néron, tête nue, regardant à droite et d’Agrippine Jeune, drapée, regardant à gauche.
Obverse translation : “Agrippina Augusta Divi Claudii Neronis Cæsaris Mater”, (Agrippine femme du divin Claude mère du césar Néron).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NERONI CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P.
Reverse description : EX S C dans une couronne de chêne (la couronne civique).
Reverse translation : “Neroni Claudii divi filio Cæsari Augusto Germanico Imperatori Tribuniciæ Potestate”, (À Néron fils du divin Claude césar auguste germanique empereur revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne).
Commentary
C’est le seul type monétaire avec les bustes en regard de Néron et de sa mère Agrippine.
Historical background
NERO and AGRIPPINA
(+59)
Agrippina (15-59) is the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, sister of Caligula. She married Domitius Ahenobarbus and gave birth to Nero in 37. After marrying her uncle in 50, she succeeded in having her son adopted by her husband, who became Caesar. All that remains for Agrippina, to ensure power for her offspring, is to get rid of the husband who has become a nuisance. Claude is poisoned, Britannicus dismissed and Nero succeeds Claude. Agrippina is then closely associated with power. This presence having become too pressing, Nero finally agreed to kill his mother in 59.
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