brm_481885 - NERO As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : As
Date: 65
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 8,12 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, court sur la légende de revers. Très joli droit avec une élégante tête de Néron. Revers de style fin. Patine verte granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IM P P.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Néron à droite (O°), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur Néron césar auguste revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne empereur père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO - [AVGVSTI] / S|C .
Reverse description : Génius (Génie) debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant une corne d'abondance de la main gauche et une patère de la main droite au-dessus d'un autel allumé.
Reverse translation : “Genio Augusti”, (Au Génie de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Épigraphie élégante. Variante de légende avec IM P P seulement qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Seulement deux exemplaires recensés par J.-B. Giard. C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.
Lightweight. Elegant epigraphy. Legend variant with IM PP only, which seems much rarer than general works suggest. Only two examples recorded by J.-B. Giard. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale.
Lightweight. Elegant epigraphy. Legend variant with IM PP only, which seems much rarer than general works suggest. Only two examples recorded by J.-B. Giard. This is the first time we have offered this type for sale.
Historical background
NERO
(13/10/54-9/06/68)
The monetary reform of 64 made it possible to restore the finances of the state while making the inhabitants of the Empire bear the cost of these. This year 64 is marked by the great fire of Rome and its consequences, including the persecution against the Christians of the city. The following year, it is the discovery of the conspiracy of Pison, the death of Seneca and Lucain. In 66, Tiridates was enthroned King of Armenia in Rome. Nero then goes to Greece where he performs on stage and proclaims "The freedom of Greece". The excesses of the emperor cause at the beginning of the year 68 a wave of discontent which culminates with the revolt of Vindex in Gaule, Galba and Otho in Spain. Nero is declared a public enemy by the Senate. He committed suicide on June 9 so as not to fall alive into the hands of his enemies..
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