v27_0626 - NERO Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
MONNAIES 27 (2006)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 950.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 183.00 €
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
Realised price : 950.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 183.00 €
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)
Date: 65
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 20,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large. Beau portrait. Usure régulière, mais exemplaire de joli style et parfaitement lisible. Patine verte, marbrée de rouge sur le cou de l’empereur. Frappe un peu faible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NERO. CLAVD. CAESAR. AVG. GER. P. M TR P IMP P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Néron à droite (O*), globe à la pointe du cou.
Obverse translation : “Nero Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Imperator Pater Patriæ”, (Néron Claude césar auguste germanique, grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, empereur, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C// DECVRSIO.
Reverse description : Néron en habit militaire, tenant horizontalement une haste de la main droite, sur un cheval qui galope à droite ; au second plan, un soldat, en retrait, sur un cheval qui galope à droite, portant un vexillum sur l’épaule.
Reverse translation : “Decursio”, (La parade militaire).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, J.-B. Giard a répertorié 4 exemplaires.
Lightweight. For this type, J.-B. Giard listed 4 examples
Lightweight. For this type, J.-B. Giard listed 4 examples
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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