v08_0161 - AUGUSTUS Denier
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 228.67 €
Type : Denier
Date: 19 AC
Mint name / Town : Espagne, atelier 2, Colonia Patricia
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan légèrement court au droit. Jolie patine foncée / Petit manque de métal à 7 heures au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [CAESAR] - AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Auguste à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : (César Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SIGNIS/ |RE]CEPTIS, PLACÉS VERTICALEMENT.
Reverse description : Mars debout de face, la tête tournée à droite, nu et casqué, le paludamentum tombant sur les épaules, tenant de la main droite une aigle légionnaire et de la main gauche une enseigne transversale, (statue cultuelle du temple de Mars Ultor).
Reverse translation : (pour les enseignes reprises aux Parthes).
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(01/16/27 BC - 08/19/14 AD)
The temple of Mars Ultor was dedicated on May 12, 20 BC. It concretized the great diplomatic victory that the emperor had just won. Augustus had recovered the ensigns and the prisoners returned by the Parthians, lost following the defeats of Crassus at Carrhae (53 AC.), Decidius Saxa (40 AC.) and Marc Antoine (36 AC.). To commemorate this victory, an arc de Triomphe was erected on the Forum by virtue of a decision of the Senate. It was a great diplomatic success that the Res Gestae recalls (II, 11). On the arch, the characters accosting the quadriga of Augustus who received the Triumph on this occasion are Parthian warriors returning the military insignia. The Parthian king, Phraates IV (38-2 AC) tried to get closer to the Romans. Augustus offered him a young slave named Musa who received many honors and ended up assassinating the king of kings with the help of his son Phraatakes.
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