bpv_639998 - NERO Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: an 9/ 111
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, court sur la légende de droit à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. patine de collection ancienne, plus foncée au revers qu’au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré de Néron jeune homme à droite avec l'égide sur le cou (O*4).
Obverse legend : NERWN KAISAR - S[EBASTOU], (Nerwn Kaisaros Sebastou)
Obverse translation : (Néron césar auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre ailé, les ailes déployées ; dans le champ à droite, une palme verticale.
Reverse legend : [ETOUS] - AIR . Q
Reverse translation : (An 9 du règne / An 111 de l’ère césarienne).
Commentary
Cette variante de légende est rare et souvent difficilement lisible ; dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, seuls vingt-quatre exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés. On note d’ailleurs qu’aucun exemplaire de cette variante n’est présent dans les collections nationales françaises, mais seulement à Vienne, Munich et au British Museum.
This variant of the legend is rare and often difficult to read; in the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, only twenty-four examples are now listed. We also note that no example of this variant is present in French national collections, but only in Vienna, Munich and the British Museum
This variant of the legend is rare and often difficult to read; in the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, only twenty-four examples are now listed. We also note that no example of this variant is present in French national collections, but only in Vienna, Munich and the British Museum
Historical background
NERO
(13/10/54-9/06/68)
Augustus
Nero is certainly one of the best-known emperors, thanks to Tacitus and Suetonius, but also one of the most decried. He is the last representative of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Son of Agrippina, Claudius' second wife, and Cneius Domitius Ahenobarbus, he was born in 37. He descends from both Augustus through his mother and Julie through his maternal grandfather, Germanicus. After the assassination of Claude by Agrippina with the help of Locuste in 54, aged 17, he began his reign under good auspices. Aided by Seneca, his tutor, and Burrus, prefect of the Praetorium, he governed intelligently with the Senate. He married Octavie, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. Octavie's brother, Britannicus, dies under mysterious conditions in AD 55 (poisoned?). After the "quinquennum aureum" (54-59), the emperor had or allowed his mother to be murdered. The last nine years of the reign will destabilize the principate.
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