brm_636128 - NERO Aureus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 4 500.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 4 500.00 €
Type : Aureus
Date: 57-58
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers, bien venu à la frappe. Petit plat dans la chevelure de Néron mais le portrait reste très beau et de haut relief. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO. CAESAR. AVG. IMP..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Néron à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Nero Cæsar Augustus Imperator”, (Néron césar auguste empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF. MAX. - TR. P. IIII. P P. ; DANS LE CHAMP EX - S C.
Reverse description : Couronne de chêne.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quartum, Pater Patriæ/ Ex Senatus Consulto”, (Grand pontife, revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie/ avec l’accord du Sénat).
Commentary
Légères traces d’une monture ancienne à 1h.
Slight traces of an old mount at 1 o'clock
Slight traces of an old mount at 1 o'clock
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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