E-auction 63-29659 - bpv_307871 - NERO Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 22 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2014 16:22:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine de cellection ancienne granuleuse
Catalogue references :
RPC.5235 - Milne170 - Curtis- - SNG. France 4308 - MRKA.102 - BMC.174 - Cop.101 - AC.115 /5 (2 ex.) - MRMA.14 /33 (150€)
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : NERW KLAU KAIS SEBA GER AUTO (Nerw Klaudios Kaisaros Sebastos Germanikos Autokratoros).
Obverse translation : (Néron Claude César auguste germanique empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LE.
Reverse description : Déméter (Cérès) voilée et drapée debout de face, tournée à gauche, tenant des épis de la main droite et une longue torche de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : DH-ME-TER/.
Reverse translation : (Demeter/ Cérès/ an 5).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Pour ce type, les auteurs du RPC ont relevé dix exemplaires. Les tétradrachmes du début du règne sont toujours plus rares que ceux des dernières années.
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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