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| Estimate : | 9 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2023 14:32:54 |
Type : Aureus
Date: 50-51
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 7,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Marque de coup sur le visage de Claude. Très joli revers. Patine de collection
Predigree :
Avec son certificat d’exportation n°240749 délivré par le Ministère français de la Culture
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. P. M. TR. P. X. IMP. P. P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate decimum Pater Patriae”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste grand pontife, revêtu de la dixième puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PACI - AVGVSTÆ.
Reverse description : Pax Némésis (Victoire) drapée marchant à droite, les ailes repliées, portant sa main droite au visage et tenant un caducée de la main gauche, précédée par un serpent à ses pieds à droite.
Reverse translation : “Paci Augustæ”, (À la Paix de l’auguste).
Historical background
CLAUDIUS
(24/01/41-13/10/54)
Claude was born in 10 BC in Lyon. Became emperor by chance after the assassination of Caligula in 41, he is despite physical flaws a great emperor and a good administrator, but remains dominated by his wives and his freedmen who hold the reality of power. In 50, after his marriage with his niece, Agrippina, he adopted his son Nero to the detriment of Britannicus, his own son born of the union with Messalina. He dies assassinated by Agrippina who serves him a dish of poisoned mushrooms.
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