brm_1074122 - NERO Dupondius
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Price : 600.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: 66
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 14,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Joli portrait de Néron, bien venu à la frappe. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero cæsar augustus pontifex maximus tribunicia potestate pater patriæ”, (Empereur Néron césar auguste grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGVSTI/ S|C.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augusti”, (la Victoire de l'auguste).
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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