bpv_608346 - NERO and AGRIPPINA Douze nummia
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Douze nummia
Date: 50-54
Mint name / Town : Panticapée, Bosphore
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bie, centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais identifiable. Patine noire
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue de Néron à droite(O°).
Obverse legend : NERwNOS KLAUDIOU SEBASTOU KAISAROS, (Nerwno Klaudiou Sebastos Kaisaros)
Obverse translation : (de Néron Claude auguste césar).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste drapé d’Agrippine jeune à gauche ; devant monogramme (BAK) de Kotys.
Reverse legend : AGRIPPINHS - SEBAST-HS/ .IB., (Agrippinhs Sebasths)
Reverse translation : (d’Agrippine augusta/ 12).
Commentary
Ce bronze est frappé par Cotys Ier (45-68) pour Néron césar et Agrippine (50-54). Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé six exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 6,01 g et l’axe des coins à 5 heures.
Historical background
NERO and AGRIPPINA
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Agrippina (15-59) is the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, sister of Caligula. She married Domitius Ahenobarbus and gave birth to Nero in 37. After marrying her uncle in 50, she succeeded in having her son adopted by her husband, who became Caesar. All that remains for Agrippina, to ensure power for her offspring, is to get rid of the husband who has become a nuisance. Claude is poisoned, Britannicus dismissed and Nero succeeds Claude. Agrippina is then closely associated with power. This presence having become too pressing, Nero finally agreed to kill his mother in 59.
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