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brm_168430 - AUGUSTUS As

AUGUSTUS As XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 260.00 €
Type : As
Date: 96
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince. Portrait particulier et énigmatique. Joli revers de style fin. Très belle patine vert jade, légèrement granuleuse et écaillée au droit, derrière la tête d’Auguste
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.
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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