v21_2320 - AUGUSTUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 34-37
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,58 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé. Fines rayures sur le visage au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS. AVGVSTVS. PATER.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Auguste à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (le divin Auguste père).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Foudre ailé.
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type avec la tête radiée et un poids lourd n’est pourtant pas un dupondius, mais un as.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(+ 19 Aug 14)
Tiberius' s Consecration
Augustus died on August 19, 14 AD in Nola. He is immediately deified by the Senate. Tiberius, throughout his reign, will strike an important coinage of consecration using the image of his adoptive father and stepfather in order to establish his power..
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