v25_0216 - CLAUDIUS and NERO DRUSUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 36)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 36)
Date: c. 42
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 28,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement lisible. Contremarque de très bonne qualité. Patine marron, granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Claude à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Tiberius Claudius Cæsar Augustus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ”, (Tibère Claude césar auguste grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne empereur père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMAN IMP// S|C.
Reverse description : Arc triomphal surmonté d'une statue équestre de Drusus bondissant à droite encadré de deux trophées.
Reverse translation : “Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Imperator”, (Néron Claude Drusus germanique imperator).
Commentary
Contremarque NCAPR dans un rectangle placé verticalement derrière la tête pour “Neronis Cæsaris Populique Romani”, (De Néron césar le peuple romain).
Historical background
CLAUDIUS and NERO DRUSUS
(41-42)
Nero Drusus, born in 38 BC, is the son of Nero Tiberius Claudius and Livia, the younger brother of Tiberius. He married Antonia, the daughter of Marc Antoine and Octavie. He died of a fall from a horse in 9 BC. Claudius, at the beginning of his reign, restored the memory of his father, Nero Drusus, of his mother, Antonia, of his brother, Germanicus, and of his beautiful -sister, Agrippina mother, in 41-42.
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