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bpv_323373 - CLAUDIUS and MESSALINA, BRITANNICUS and OCTAVIA Tétradrachme

CLAUDIUS and MESSALINA, BRITANNICUS and OCTAVIA Tétradrachme AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 6
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, large et irrégulier, bien centré, mais court sur les légendes. Beau portrait de Claude. Revers bien venu à la frappe avec une représentation de Messaline de haut relief. Patine de collcetion ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt (vers 1960)

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : [TI] KLAUDI KAIS SEBA GERMANI AUT-OK ls (Tiberios Klaudios Kaisar Sebasts Germanikos Autokrator).
Obverse translation : (Tibère Claude césar auguste vainqueur des Germains, empereur).

Reverse


Reverse description : Messaline, diadémée, voilée et drapée debout à gauche, appuyée sur une colonne, tenant des épis de la main gauche, le bras droit étendu avec deux petites statuettes (Britannicus et Octavie) ; à ses pieds, une proue de navire.
Reverse legend : MESSAL-INA KAIS SEBAT (Messalina Kaisarina Sebasta).
Reverse translation : (Messaline augusta).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3.

Historical background


CLAUDIUS and MESSALINA, BRITANNICUS and OCTAVIA

(41-48)

In third weddings, Claude had married Valeria Messalina (25-48), the granddaughter of Octavie, the sister of Auguste who was executed in 48 for sacrilege because she had married her lover while she was still married to Claude , according to Suetonius. She had given two children to the emperor: Tiberius Claudius Britannicus, born in 41. Called Germanicus, his name was changed after his father had conquered Brittany in 42. After the death of his mother, he fell into disgrace and Claudius favored Nero, the son of his fourth wife Agrippina, whom he adopted in 50. Claudius' reversal in favor of his eldest son may have led to the assassination of the emperor by his wife in 54. The following year, Britannicus, according to Suetonius, was poisoned by his half-brother, Nero. He may have simply been the victim of an epileptic seizure. As for Octavia, the sister of Britannicus (40-62), she was betrothed to Nero, the son of Agrippina in 53. The marriage the following year was unhappy and finally, Octavia was assassinated in 62 to allow Nero to marry Poppea.

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