bpv_608447 - AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS Assarion
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Type : Assarion
Date: 2 -1 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amisos, Pont
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,49 g.
Rarity : R2
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Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante identifiable. Patine verte
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse legend : AMISH[NWN]
Obverse translation : (d’Amisos.
Reverse
Reverse description : Têtes nues affrontées de Caius et Lucius.
Reverse legend : [ETOUS] LA
Reverse translation : (an 31).
Commentary
Ce type n’a été frappé que pour l’an 31 correspondant à une ère de la Liberté (32/21 AC.).
Historical background
AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS
(2 BC - 4 AD)
Born in 20 and 17 BC, Caius and Lucius are the children of Agrippa (+ 12 BC) and Julie. They are also the grandsons of Augustus who adopted them into the gens Julia. Augustus oversees their education and destines them for the Empire. They receive the titles of "princes of youth" and "caesars" as well as the manly toga. Designated consuls, they must succeed their grandfather. Unfortunately, Lucius died in 2 CE in Marseilles and his brother in 4 CE in Limyra in Lycia. They never rule. Augustus suffers a lot from it. His wife Livia will be accused of having murdered them to offer the succession to Tiberius (according to Suetonius).
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