Live auction - bpv_462672 - AUGUSTUS and TIBERIUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | 440 € |
| Maximum bid : | 440 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 15:40:32 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 14
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 200 ‰
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très belles têtes de Tibère et d’Auguste divinisé. Jolie patine de collection avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
BMC.- - Milne- - Curtis- - MRKA.35 - AC.60 /1 - RPC.5091 - D.81 - MRMA.5 /12 (250€) - RCV.1774 var. (600$)
Obverse
Obverse legend : LI.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Tibère à gauche (O*1).
Obverse legend : D/ TIBERIOS KAIASAR SEBASTOS, (Tiberios Kaisar Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (Tibère césar auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête radiée d’Augste à droite (O*).
Reverse legend : QEOS SEBASTOS, (Qeos Sebastos).
Reverse translation : (Du divin Auguste).
Commentary
L’an 14 de Tibère (27-28) est la deuxième année pour les tétradrachmes et semble beaucoup rare que l’an 7.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS and TIBERIUS
(2-14)
Tiberius, son-in-law (son of Livia) and son-in-law (husband of Julie) of Augustus experienced a long crossing of the desert between 6 BC and 2 AD, in exile in Rhodes . He returned to Rome after the death of Gaius Caesar and two years later was appointed as Augustus' successor and associated with power. In 14 at the death of Augustus, he succeeded him without problem.
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