Nero 54-68 AD - AR Hemidrachm - RIC-617

Reference Description

Nero 54-68 AD
AR Hemidrachm 58-60, Caesareia, Cappadocia
Obv. NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GERMANI
Laureate head, right.
Rev. Victory seated right on globe, holding wreath in both hands.
RIC-617
RPC-I-3645
BMCRE-409

Recent Sales

  Date Characteristics Realized
CNG 91 Lot 572 18-Sep-2012 16mm, 1.77g, 12h $525 
Hirsch 281 Lot 686 1-May-2012 1.79g EUR 625
Leu Numismatik 7 Lot 1483 23-Oct-20 15mm, 1.75g, 12h CHF 380

Notes

E. A. Sydenham "Historical References to Coins of the Roman Empire" London, 1968, pp. 49-50

The military interest during the early years of the reign of Nero is confined to the East, where two successive campaigns (55-59 and 60-63) were carried on by the able general Cn. Domitius Corbulo against the kingdom of Parthia respectively to the kingdom of Armenia. In A.D. 54 Mithridates, the king of Armenia, and a friend of Rome, had been murdered, and Vologases, the newly appointed and vigorous king of Parthia, seized the opportunity of placing his brother, Tiridates, on the Armenian throne. Within a few months the Roman influence in Armenia was shattered and her position on the Eastern frontier seriously imperiled. The history of the campaign which followed is an unfolding of the genius of Corbulo. With an utterly inefficient army and a treacherous foe he gained his advantage by postponing hostilities until his army was in readiness and then by the promptness of his attack. The first war closed in A.D. 59 with a decisive victory for Corbulo and Rome.

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Citation

“Nero 54-68 AD - AR Hemidrachm - RIC-617,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed December 22, 2024, https://armnumres.org/items/show/1081.