brm_323343 - AUGUSTUS Sesterce
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Type : Sesterce
Date: 96
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,28 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Auguste divinisé. Frappe plus molle au revers avec une usure prononcée. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGV[STVS].
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite.
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (Divin Auguste père).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP NERVA CAES[AR AVGVST]VS REST.
Reverse description : Grand S. C au centre.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Restituit”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste a restitué).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(96-98)
Restoration coinage of Nerva
Nerva, founder of a new dynasty, restored the memory of Augustus through an important bronze coinage (sesterces, dupondii and asses) and an extremely rare silver coinage (denarius). By making this gesture, he placed himself directly as the successor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and of its founder in particular, Augustus, when he himself was only born in 32 under the reign of Tiberius..
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