Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 667 Numistats ref: 673156
Nero
Autoridad
Aureus
Denominación
-
Año
RIC ric.1(2).ner.52
RIC 52
Referencias
Roman Imperial
Categoria
Nero. AD 54-68. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 64-65. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / IVPPITER CVSTOS, Jupiter, bare to waist, with cloak around lower limbs, seated left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 52; WCN 25; Calicó 412; BMCRE 67-73; BN 213-9; Adda 31; Biaggi 225-6; Mazzini 118; CNG 111, lot 667 (same dies). Good VF. Wonderful violet-red toning, characteristic of aurei from the Boscoreale Hoard of 1895.
This reverse type commemorates the protection of Nero from the Pisonian Conspiracy. Events of the years AD 64-65 defined the subsequent reputation of Nero as a cruel and self-indulgent ruler. His "excesses" resulted in a conspiracy to overthrow and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among the conspirators were many high-ranking members of Nero's court including Seneca the Younger, the poet Lucan, and Petronius, who called himself Nero's "arbiter of elegance." To Nero, the failure of a conspiracy made up of those so close to him could have been achieved only through divine intervention. As the king of the Gods oversaw the security of the Roman state, Nero believed it was Jupiter the Guardian (Custos) who had saved him from harm. Descripción
This reverse type commemorates the protection of Nero from the Pisonian Conspiracy. Events of the years AD 64-65 defined the subsequent reputation of Nero as a cruel and self-indulgent ruler. His "excesses" resulted in a conspiracy to overthrow and replace him with Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among the conspirators were many high-ranking members of Nero's court including Seneca the Younger, the poet Lucan, and Petronius, who called himself Nero's "arbiter of elegance." To Nero, the failure of a conspiracy made up of those so close to him could have been achieved only through divine intervention. As the king of the Gods oversaw the security of the Roman state, Nero believed it was Jupiter the Guardian (Custos) who had saved him from harm. Descripción
Good VF
Conservación
2876.25 EUR
Salida
4793.75 EUR
Estimado
EUR
Realizado
Roman Imperial. Nero. Aureus RIC ric.1(2).ner.52 RIC 52
Nero
Autoridad
Aureus
Denominación
-
Ceca
-
Año
RIC ric.1(2).ner.52
RIC 52
Referencias
NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Leyenda anverso
IVPPITER CVSTOS
Leyenda reverso
Head of Nero, laureate, right, with beard
Tipo anverso
Jupiter, bare to waist, cloak round lower limbs, seated, left on throne, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long sceptre in left
Tipo reverso
Vendido (85.71%)
No vendido (14.29%)
