bpv_1074756 - CLAUDIUS Diobole
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Type : Diobole
Date: an 10
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré. Revers agréable. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : TI KLAU KAI - SEBAS GERM, (Tiberios Klaudios Kaisar Sebastos Germanikos
Obverse translation : (Tibère Claude césar auguste germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : //LI.
Reverse description : Faisceau formé de quatre épis de blé liés deux par deux et séparés par un caducée aillé.
Reverse legend : AUTO-KRA, (Autokrator)
Reverse translation : (Empereur/ An 10).
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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