v43_0359 - AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS Aureus
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 1 200.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 720.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 1 800.00 €
Starting price : 1 200.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 720.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 1 800.00 €
Type : Aureus
Date: 2 AC. - AD. 12
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 7,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan court sur les légendes. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et visible. Trace de monture ancienne sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAESAR AVGVSTVS - DIVI F PATER PATRIAE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Cæsar Augustus Divi Filius Pater Patriæ”, (César Auguste fils du divin Jules, père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C. L. CAESARES À L'EXERGUE/ AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT.
Reverse description : Caius et Lucius Césars debout de face, vêtus de la toge, tenant chacun un bouclier rond et une haste ; simpulum à gauche, le lituus à droite.
Reverse translation : "Caius et Lucius Cæsares/ Augusti filii consules designati Principes Iuventutis" (Caius et Lucius Césars, fils d'Auguste, consuls désignés, princes de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est issu d’une paire de coins non repérée par J.-B. Giard qui a examiné vingt-six exemplaires pour ce type.
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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