v16_0403 - NERO Denier fourré

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Denier fourré

Date: après 50-54

Mint name / Town : frappe locale, imitation de l’atelier de Lyon

Metal : fourré silver

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,71 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale. Métal corrodé par endroits laissant apparaître le corps de métal vil

Catalogue references :

C.97 (20f.) var. - RIC.79 var. (cf. note) - BMC/RE.93 var. (cf. note) - BN/R.96 var. - Giard/L2.89 var. - HCC.43 var. - RCV.1918 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERM COS DESIGNATI, (SIC!).

Obverse description : Buste de Néron à droite, tête nue, avec draperie, vu de profil (A°).

Obverse translation : “Neroni Claudio Druso Germanico Consuli Designati” (À Néron Claude Drusus germanique consul désigné).

Reverse

Reverse legend : EQVESTER / OR°DO / PRINCIPI / IVVENT.

Reverse description : entre quatre lignes sur un bouclier rond traversé verticalement par une lance.

Reverse translation : “Equester Ordo Principi Juventutis”, (L’ordre equestre au prince de la Jeunesse).

Commentary

Poids léger. Semble être le deuxième exemplaire signalé avec cette titulature de droit. L’autre exemplaire connu (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum) est aussi un denier fourré (cf. RIC 79 note).

Historical background

NERO

(13/10/54-9/06/68)

Caesar

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's 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 Claudius perpetrated by Agrippina with the help of Locuste in 54, he began his reign at the age of 17 under good auspices. Aided by Seneca, his tutor, and Burrus, prefect of the Praetorium, he governed intelligently with the Senate. He marries Octavie, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. Octavie's brother, Britannicus, dies under mysterious conditions in 55 BC (poisoned?). After the "quinquennum aureum" (54-59), the Emperor had or allowed his mother to be assassinated. The last nine years of the reign will destabilize the principate.

v16_0403 - NERO Denier fourré

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

NERO

(13/10/54-9/06/68)

Caesar

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