brm_351052 - NERO Semis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Semis
Date: 64
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan épais et ovale, bien centré au droit avec le grènetis complet. Belle tête de Néron. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CAESAR - AVG IMP.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Nero Cæsar Augustus Imperator” (Néron césar auguste, empereur ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TR POT S - P P// S C.
Reverse description : Rome, casquée et vêtue d'une tunique courte assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, le pied droit posé sur un casque, tenant de la main droite une couronne et la gauche posée sur le parazonium ; derrière la cuirasse, on distingue trois boucliers.
Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriae” (Revêtu de la puissance tribunicienne, Père de la Patrie).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Marque de valeur au revers dans la légende.
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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