brm_971870 - AUGUSTUS As
120.00 €(Approx. 126.00$ | 99.60£)
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Type : As
Date: 34-37
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 11,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS. AVGVSTVS. PATER.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Auguste à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (le divin Auguste père).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un globe la tête à droite, les ailes déployées.
Commentary
Ce type avec la tête radiée n’est pas un dupondius, mais un as. Il est possible que l’aigle du revers ait appartenu à une statue qui se trouvait dans le temple de Jupiter Capitolin.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(+ 19 Aug 14)
Tiberius' s Consecration
Augustus died on August 19, 14 AD in Nola. He is immediately deified by the Senate. Tiberius, throughout his reign, will strike an important coinage of consecration using the image of his adoptive father and stepfather in order to establish his power..
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