v61_0092 - GERMANICUS AND AUGUSTUS Drachme
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 585.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 825.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 585.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 825.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: 37-38
Mint name / Town : Césarée
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 850 ‰
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier et épais, court sur les légendes. Beaux portraits de Germanicus et du divin Auguste. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny & Mosch 208 des 17 et 17 octobre 2012, n° 1854 et de la collection F. & M.-C. Mary
Obverse
Obverse legend : GERMANICVS CAES TI AVGV COS II G M.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Germanicus à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Germanicus Cæsar Tiberi Augusti Consul iterum Germanicus Maximus”, (Germanicus césar fils de Tibère consul pour la deuxième fois vainqueur des Germains).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIVVS AVG-VSTVS.
Reverse description : Tête radiée à gauche (O1).
Reverse translation : “Divus Augustus”, (le Divin Auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé seize drachmes avec dix coins de droit.
Historical background
GERMANICUS AND AUGUSTUS
Germanicus is the eldest son of Nero Drusus and Antonia. He was born in 15 BC and was adopted in 4 at the same time as Tiberius. He led numerous campaigns on the Rhine-Danubian limes and received the Triumph in 17. He was then sent to Syria with a proconsular imperium and died in 19 in Antioch, perhaps assassinated at the instigation of Tiberius by Pison (Suetonius) . He is the father of Caligula and young Agrippina as well as the brother of Claude. Germanicus was often associated with Augustus through Caligula his son and great-grandson.
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