v23_0355 - NERO Sesterce ? (GB, Æ 33)
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 4 500.00 €
Estimate : 7 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 4 500.00 €
Estimate : 7 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce ? (GB, Æ 33)
Date: 51
Mint name / Town : Atelier thrace
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,36 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie de la plus insigne rareté. Flan très large et fin, légèrement piqué. Beau portrait. Faiblesse de frappe au revers sur le bouclier votif. Patine vert olive foncé. A été légèrement retouché
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERONI CLAVDIO DRVSO GERMANI[CO COS DESIGN].
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 équestre au prince de la Jeunesse).
Commentary
Poids léger. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (n° 288, pl. 30 = RSN 64, pl. 25, n° 37). Semble être le deuxième exemplaire répertorié .
Light weight. Same dies as the example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (no. 288, pl. 30 = RSN 64, pl. 25, no. 37). Appears to be the second example listed
Light weight. Same dies as the example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (no. 288, pl. 30 = RSN 64, pl. 25, no. 37). Appears to be the second example listed
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.
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