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Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68), with Agrippina Junior. AR denarius (19mm, 3.66 gm, 7h). NGC XF★ 4/5 - 5/5. Lugdunum, AD 55. NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS, jugate busts right of Nero, bareheaded, seen from behind, drapery over left shoulder, and Agrippina Junior, bareheaded and draped, seen from front / AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, quadriga of elephants left, cart bearing two chairs supporting Divus Claudius (in background), radiate, scepter surmounted by eagle in right hand, and Divus Augustus (in foreground), radiate, patera in right hand, grounded scepter in left. RIC I 7. BMCRE 8. CBN 13. RSC 4. RCV 2044. Very rare. Well struck, perfectly centered with full legends on both sides, and beautifully toned.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061 NYINC (8 January 2018), lot 32089; Tradart, Auction (18 December 2014), lot 255; Tradart, Auction 7 (17 November 1994), lot 156; Auctiones AG, Auction 18 (1989), lot 1039
The artistry of this beautiful denarius hides a subtle shift in the fortunes of Nero's formidable mother, Agrippina Junior, who poisoned the emperor Claudius I in order to gain power through her son, only to lose influence and, ultimately, her life. Coins of Nero's first year (AD 54) show confronted busts of the young emperor and his mother, but Agrippina's name appears on the obverse, with Nero's name and titles relegated to the reverse. This denarius, from Nero's second year, shows their busts jugate, with Nero in the foreground (the position of honor), eclipsing his mother, and names Nero on the obverse while demoting Agrippina's name to the reverse. The reverse design honors Divus Claudius by associating him with Divus Augustus.
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Estimate: 10000-15000 USD
Nero, as Augustus (AD 54-68), with Agrippina Junior. AR denarius (19mm, 3.66 gm, 7h). NGC XF★ 4/5 - 5/5. Lugdunum, AD 55. NERO CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P COS, jugate busts right of Nero, bareheaded, seen from behind, drapery over left shoulder, and Agrippina Junior, bareheaded and draped, seen from front / AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER, quadriga of elephants left, cart bearing two chairs supporting Divus Claudius (in background), radiate, scepter surmounted by eagle in right hand, and Divus Augustus (in foreground), radiate, patera in right hand, grounded scepter in left. RIC I 7. BMCRE 8. CBN 13. RSC 4. RCV 2044. Very rare. Well struck, perfectly centered with full legends on both sides, and beautifully toned.
Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3061 NYINC (8 January 2018), lot 32089; Tradart, Auction (18 December 2014), lot 255; Tradart, Auction 7 (17 November 1994), lot 156; Auctiones AG, Auction 18 (1989), lot 1039
The artistry of this beautiful denarius hides a subtle shift in the fortunes of Nero's formidable mother, Agrippina Junior, who poisoned the emperor Claudius I in order to gain power through her son, only to lose influence and, ultimately, her life. Coins of Nero's first year (AD 54) show confronted busts of the young emperor and his mother, but Agrippina's name appears on the obverse, with Nero's name and titles relegated to the reverse. This denarius, from Nero's second year, shows their busts jugate, with Nero in the foreground (the position of honor), eclipsing his mother, and names Nero on the obverse while demoting Agrippina's name to the reverse. The reverse design honors Divus Claudius by associating him with Divus Augustus.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-nero-as-augustus-ad-54-68-with-agrippina-junior-ar-denarius-19mm-366-gm-7h-ngc-xfand-9733-4-5-5/a/3105-32077.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3105-01092023
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 10000-15000 USD