brm_355628 - AUGUSTUS As
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : As
Date: 34-37
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, décentré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Auguste. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Thierry Dumez et de collection MG
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.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Consulto”, (Par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Malgré la couronne radiée, il s’agit bien d’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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