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brm_278968 - CLAUDIUS AND AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER Cistophore

CLAUDIUS AND AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER Cistophore XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 980.00 €
Type : Cistophore
Date: 51
Mint name / Town : Éphèse
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits de Claude et d’Agrippine jeune. Usure régulière. Très jolie patine de collection ancienne caractéristique avec des reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse legend : TI. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. GERM P. M. TR. P. X IMP. XIIXP..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate decimum Imperator undevicesimum”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste germanique grand pontife revêtu de la dixième puissance tribunitienne et de la dix-huitième acclamation impériale).

Reverse


Reverse legend : AGRIPPINA. AVGVSTA. CAESARIS. AVGVSTA.
Reverse description : Buste laurée et drapé d’Agrippine jeune à droite (L*).
Reverse translation : “Agrippinæ Augustæ”, ( Agrippine augusta de césar augusta).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 pour le buste de Claude. Chevelure élaborée se terminant par une fine queue de cheval pour Agrippine. Contremarque au droit devant la tête de Claude dans un rectangle ; I(MP) (VE)S. (AV)G pour Vespasien GIC.SPCRE. 840).

Historical background


CLAUDIUS AND AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER

(50-54)

Agrippina (15-59) is the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, sister of Caligula. She married Domitius Ahenobarbus, from whom she gave birth to Nero in 37. After marrying her uncle in 50, she managed to have her son adopted by her husband, who became Caesar. All that remains for Agrippina, to ensure power for her offspring, is to get rid of the husband who has become a nuisance. Claude is poisoned, Britannicus dismissed and Nero succeeds Claude. Agrippina is then closely associated with power. This presence having become too pressing, Nero finally agreed to kill his mother in 59.

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