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Néron (54-68) - Sesterce - Rome (64).
Rare portrait de Néron avec l'égide sur l'épaule droite.
Exemplaire de la vente LHS 95 du 25 octobre 2005, N°775 et du catalogue à prix fixes Moruzzi de 2007.
26.86g - C. 83 - RIC I 163
TTB à Superbe – XF
" Decursio, Decursus, Decurrere. These words were used to signify the manoeuvres of the Roman army, by which the soldiers were taught to make long marches in a given time, under arms and without quitting their ranks. With the standing armies under the empire these manoeuvres assumed a more regular form, and were constantly practised. Augustus and subsequently Hadrian ordered that the infantry and cavalry were to march out three times a month ten miles from the camp and ten miles back fully armed and equipped. The same words were used to signify the military honours paid by soldiers at the funeral of distinguished generals or emperors. The decursio, which occurs on the coins of Nero, probably refers to the military manoeuvres or sham fights in the circus. These games date from the time of the republic, and were continued under the empire." (Liv. 44.9, 3) (Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London 1890).
Rare portrait de Néron avec l'égide sur l'épaule droite.
Exemplaire de la vente LHS 95 du 25 octobre 2005, N°775 et du catalogue à prix fixes Moruzzi de 2007.
26.86g - C. 83 - RIC I 163
TTB à Superbe – XF
" Decursio, Decursus, Decurrere. These words were used to signify the manoeuvres of the Roman army, by which the soldiers were taught to make long marches in a given time, under arms and without quitting their ranks. With the standing armies under the empire these manoeuvres assumed a more regular form, and were constantly practised. Augustus and subsequently Hadrian ordered that the infantry and cavalry were to march out three times a month ten miles from the camp and ten miles back fully armed and equipped. The same words were used to signify the military honours paid by soldiers at the funeral of distinguished generals or emperors. The decursio, which occurs on the coins of Nero, probably refers to the military manoeuvres or sham fights in the circus. These games date from the time of the republic, and were continued under the empire." (Liv. 44.9, 3) (Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London 1890).