brm_238282 - NERO Quadrans
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Quadrans
Date: 64
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré, mais court sur les légendes. Très joli droit. Frappe brouillée au rever. Patine marron foncé, légèrement granuleuse au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO C-L-AVD CAE - AVG GE-R.
Obverse description : Casque corinthien à cimier et à aigrette posé sur une colonne ; un bouclier appuyé sur la colonne.
Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus”, (Néron Claude césar auguste germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P - IMP P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Branche de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, empereur, père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids léger. Césure de légende de droit inhabituelle. Semble non signalé avec CLAVD au lieu de CLAV.
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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