bpv_752335 - CLAUDIUS Diobole
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Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Diobole
Date: an 10
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Joli buste de Nil. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : TI KLAU KAI - SEBS GERMA
Obverse translation : Tiberius Claudius César Augustus Germanicus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L-I.
Reverse description : Buste du Nil à droite.
Reverse legend : AUTO-KRA
Reverse translation : Imperator.
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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