Live auction - brm_371947 - JULIUS CAESAR Denier
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 14:33:34 |
Type : Denier
Date: février - mars
Date: 44 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,99 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Frappe molle et faible sur la tête de Jules César au droit. Joli revers de style fin avec une faiblesse de frappe sur une partie de Vénus. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Robert Couet
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAESAR - DICT PERPETVO.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jules César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Cæsar Dictator Perpetuo (César dictateur perpétuel.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [L.] BVCA.
Reverse description : Vénus drapée debout à gauche, tenant une victoriola de la main droite et un sceptre long bouleté de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Lucius Buca”, (Lucius Buca).
Commentary
C’est l’une des dernières pièces frappées du vivant de Jules César. Pour ce type, m. Crawford avait relevé une estimation de 76 coins de droit pour quatre variétés et de vingt-huit coins de revers. Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages de référence.
Historical background
JULIUS CAESAR
(07/13/100-03/15/44 BC)
Julius Caesar, born in 100 BC, belongs to the party of Marius and opposes Sylla at a very young age. He was praetor in 62 BC, before forming with Pompey and Crassus the first triumvirate in 59 BC, the year of his consulship. He then receives a proconsular imperium on Gaul, renewed in 54. He fights Vercingétorix in Gergovie then in Alesia. Besieged, the Gallic leader must surrender. Crassus having been killed at Carrhae, in Mesopotamia, in 53 BC, Caesar got angry with Pompey and marched on Rome in 49 BC. In 48 BC, at Pharsalus, he crushed Pompey who fled to Egypt where he was assassinated. Caesar must then face the sons of Pompey and the Pompeian party. He defeated them at Thapsus (Africa, death of Cato of Utica) in 46 BC and at Munda (Spain, death of Cneius Pompey). Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC) by Cassius and Brutus. He was deified after his death in 42 BC..
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