bpv_320198 - NERO and AGRIPPINA Tetrassaria
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Price : 480.00 €
Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 54-55
Mint name / Town : Nicée, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,49 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré. Beaux portraits de Néron et d’Agrippine. Faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Revers inhabituel. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Têtes accolés de Néron lauré et d’Agrippine jeune à gauche.
Obverse legend : NERWN KAISAR SEBASTOS AGRIPPINA SEBAS
Obverse translation : (Néron césar auguste, Agrippine augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Dionysos drapé, debout à gauche sur un dauphin voguant sur les flots à droite, tenant un canthare ou un grappe de raisin de la main droite tendue et un thyrse de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : EPI ATTIOU LAKONO-S ANQIPATOU/ NEIK
Reverse translation : (du magistrat Attius Laco proconsul/ Nicée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Sur cet exemplaire, nous avons bien un dauphin à l’exergue sous les pieds de Dionysos plutôt que la tête d’un éléphant comme décrit dans la plupart des ouvrages. De même au revers, plutôt qu’un canthare, nous croyons pouvoir identifier une grappe de raisin.
Type 3 ribbons. On this example, we have a dolphin in the exergue under the feet of Dionysus rather than the head of an elephant as described in most works. Likewise on the reverse, rather than a canthare, we believe we can identify a bunch of grapes
Type 3 ribbons. On this example, we have a dolphin in the exergue under the feet of Dionysus rather than the head of an elephant as described in most works. Likewise on the reverse, rather than a canthare, we believe we can identify a bunch of grapes
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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