Live auction - bpv_866070 - NERO and AUGUSTUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 165 € |
| Maximum bid : | 170 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 14:48:59 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 13
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie sur un flan un peu court sur une partie des légendes. Les deux côtés sont très bien venus à la frappe. Usure superficielle. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
BMC.112 - Milne252 - Curtis112 - SNG. France 4493 - MRKA.127 - RPC.5294 - Cop.124 - D.184 - MRMA.14 :100
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste radié de Néron à gauche avec l'égide (O5).
Obverse legend : NERW KLAU KAIS SEB GER AU/ LIG (Nerw Klaudio Kaisaro Sebasto Germaniko augusto)
Obverse translation : (À Néron Claude césar empereur germanique auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête radiée d'Auguste à droite (O).
Reverse legend : QEOS - SEBASTOS, (Qeos Sebastos)
Reverse translation : (Au dieu auguste).
Historical background
NERO and AUGUSTUS
Nero is the last descendant of the Julio-Claudian gens. Through his mother, he is the great great grandson of Auguste and through his father, he belongs to the gens Domitia (branch of the Ahenobarbi). Nero poses as successor to Augustus.
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