brm_318202 - NERO Semis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Semis
Date: 66
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,79 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan large et épais avec un beau portrait de haut relief. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PONT.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Néron à droite (O°) ; globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Nero Cæsar Augustus Pontifex”, (L’empereur Néron césar auguste pontife).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PONTIF MAX - TR POT P P// SC.
Reverse description : Rome casquée, en habit militaire, assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, tenant une couronne de la main droite et reposant son bras gauche sur un parazonium.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie).
Commentary
Poids très lourd. Type rarissime avec un seul exemplaire répertorié dans le catalogue des monnaies de Lyon de J.-B. Giard, provenant de la collection Mazzini ! C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente.
Very heavy weight. Extremely rare type with only one example listed in the catalog of coins of Lyon by J.-B. Giard, from the Mazzini collection! This is the first time we are offering it for sale
Very heavy weight. Extremely rare type with only one example listed in the catalog of coins of Lyon by J.-B. Giard, from the Mazzini collection! This is the first time we are offering it for sale
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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