Live auction - brm_744150 - GAIUS CAESAR Denier
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 760 € |
| Maximum bid : | 760 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 June 2022 15:05:54 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: c. 17 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,00 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau revers, bien venu à la frappe. Joli portrait. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CA-ES-AR..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Caius César à droite dans une couronne de chêne (O°).
Obverse translation : “Cæsar”.
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVG-VST..
Reverse description : Candélabre richement ornementé avec deux têtes de bélier dans une couronne florale largement décorée, ornée de deux bucranes et de trois patères.
Reverse translation : “Augustus”, (Auguste).
Historical background
GAIUS CAESAR
(+ 02/21/4 AD)
Caius was born in 20 BC. He is the eldest son of Agrippa (+ 12 BC) and Julie and the brother of Lucius (born in 17 BC), the grandson of Auguste who had adopted him into the gens Julia. Augustus oversaw his education and destined him for the Empire. Caius and his brother received the titles of "prince of youth" and "caesar" as well as the manly toga. They were designated consuls and were to succeed their grandfather. Unfortunately, Lucius died in 2 CE in Marseilles and his brother in 4 CE in Limyra in Lycia, following a wound received eighteen months earlier. They never ruled. Augustus suffered greatly. His wife Livia was accused of having murdered them to offer the succession to Tiberius (according to Suetonius).
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