Live auction - brm_340805 - JULIUS CAESAR Denier
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 1 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 15:10:11 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 45 AC.
Mint name / Town : Espagne
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait inhabituel et de style fin. Magnifique revers finement détaillé. Jolie patine grise aux reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
B.12 (Julia) - BMC/RR.86 - CRR.1015 (3) - RRC.468 /2 - RSC.13 - RCV.1405 (640$) - C.14 - CRI.58 (300£) - CMDRR.12 (500€)
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de M. Robert Couet
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Vénus à gauche, portant boucle d'oreille et collier ; derrière un sceptre sur l’épaule ; devant le visage, petit buste de Cupidon et lituus.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAESAR À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Trophée gaulois formé d'un casque, d'une cuirasse, de boucliers, de lances et de deux carnyx ; au pied du trophée : deux captifs ; celui de gauche, un homme agenouillé, tourné à droite, les mains attachées dans le dos; celui de droite, une femme assise à droite, pleurant.
Reverse translation : “Cæsar”, (César).
Commentary
Frappé en Espagne, pour un atelier itinérant accompagnant Jules César pendant la guerre d’Espagne contre les fils de Pompée qui se termine par la bataille de Munda en 45 avant J.-C., la défaite du parti pompéien et la mort du fils aîné de Pompée. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente coins pour le droit et inférieure à trente-trois coins pour le revers.
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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