bpv_297257 - NERO Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 145.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: 54-68
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien
Obverse
Obverse legend : [IM] .NER. CLAV - CAESAR.
Obverse description : Tête laurée Néron à droite (O*) ; devant un lituus.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero Claudius Cæsar”, (Empereur Néron Claude césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SC .
Reverse description : dans une couronne d'olivier.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Consulto”, (par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont répertorié quatorze exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 14,90 g.
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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