brm_863910 - NERO Semis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Semis
Date: 64
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, ovale, centré. Joli portrait de Néron. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CAES - AVG IMP.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Nero Cæsar Augustus Imperator”, (Néron césar auguste empereur ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CER QVIN-Q - ROM// CO - S C.
Reverse description : Table des jeux, ornée d’un bas-relief représentant deux griffons ; au-dessus, un vase et une couronne ; dessous, un disque posé contre le pied de la table.
Reverse translation : “Certanem quinquennalibus Romæ Constitutum”, (L’établissement du festival quinquennal de Rome).
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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