v32_0199 - AUGUSTUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 96
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 9,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince et très large. Portrait particulier et énigmatique. Joli revers de style fin. Très belle patine vert olive foncé, légèrement granuleuse et écaillée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus”, (Divin Auguste père).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP NERVA CAESAR AVG REST/ -|-// SC.
Reverse description : Foudre ailé posé verticalement.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Restituit”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste a restitué).
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, Auguste a les traits qui ressemblent à ceux de Nerva.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(96-98)
Restoration coinage of Nerva
Nerva, founder of a new dynasty, restored the memory of Augustus through an important bronze coinage (sesterces, dupondii and asses) and an extremely rare silver coinage (denarius). By making this gesture, he placed himself directly as the successor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and of its founder in particular, Augustus, when he himself was only born in 32 under the reign of Tiberius..
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