v45_0304 - NERO Sesterce, (GB, Æ 34)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 531.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 620.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 531.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 620.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 34)
Date: 64
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,37 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large de haut relief. Beau portrait. Joli revers de haut relief. Patine marron foncé, piquée et corrodée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ”, (Néron Claude césar auguste germanique, grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, empereur, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNONA - [AVGVSTI] - CERES// S C.
Reverse description : Annona (l’Annone) debout à gauche, tournée à droite, tenant une corne d’abondance face à Cérès assise à droite, tournée à gauche, tenant une torche et des épis ; au milieu, un modius posé sur un autel paré avec une poupe de navire à l’arrière plan.
Reverse translation : “Annona Augusti Ceres”, (L’Annone de l’auguste Cérès).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3. Exemplaire passé au feu (laissant apparaître des traces rougeâtres dans le champ).
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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