Live auction - brm_344593 - JULIUS CAESAR Denier
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 2 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 650 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 March 2015 14:36:16 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Denier
Date: 42 AC.
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très belle petite tête de César de haut relief. Faiblesses visibles à 8 heures au droit et sur une partie du revers. Patine grise aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de M. Robert Couet
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jules César à droite (O*).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L. MVSSIDIVS. LONGVS.
Reverse description : Corne d’abondance, tournée à gauche posée sur un globe ; à gauche, un gouvernail ; à droite, un caducée ailé et un apex (chapeau de flamine).
Reverse translation : “Lucius Mussidius Longus”, (Lucius Mussidius Longus).
Commentary
Deux contremarques au droit, une de chaque côté du buste. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente coins de droit et inférieure à trente-trois coins de revers. Pour ce type, d’après M. Crawford, seulement un exemplaire figurait dans le trésor d’Aquileia. Ce denier est infiniment 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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