bpv_308584 - NERO Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,6 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et ovale, centré des deux côtés court sur les légendes. Beau portrait de Néron. Revers inhabituel bien venu à la frappe. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets métalliques dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Néron à droite avec l’égide (O4).
Obverse legend : NERW KLAU K-AIS SEB GER (Nerw KlaudioV Kaisar SebastoV GermanikoV).
Obverse translation : (Néron Claude César auguste germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIB.
Reverse description : Buste d’Alexandrie coiffée de la peau d’éléphant à droite.
Reverse legend : AUTO-KRA (AutokratoV).
Reverse translation : (Empereur an 12).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. Ce type n’a été frappé que pour l’an 12 (65/66) et ne sera pas repris ensuite.
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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