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Live auction - brm_887649 - ANTONIUS and OCTAVIA Cistophore

ANTONIUS and OCTAVIA Cistophore XF/VF
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 380 €
Maximum bid : 380 €
End of the sale : 24 September 2024 14:47:55
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Cistophore
Date: été - automne
Date: 39 AC.
Mint name / Town : Éphèse
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Jolis portraits, notamment de Marc Antoine. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : M. ANTONIVS IMP. COS. DESIG ITER ET TERT.
Obverse description : Tête de Marc Antoine lauré à droite dans une couronne dionysiaque.
Obverse translation : “Marcus Antonius Imperator Consul Designatus Iterum et tertium”, (Marc Antoine Imperator consul désigné pour la deuxième fois et la troisième fois consécutive).

Reverse


Reverse legend : III. VIR/ R. P. C..
Reverse description : Tête nue d’Octavie à droite, posée sur la ciste mystique entourée de deux serpents.
Reverse translation : “Triumviri Rei Publicæ Constituandæ”, (Triumvir pour la restauration de la République).

Commentary


Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont répertorié 139 exemplaires avec 103 coins de droit.

Historical background


ANTONIUS and OCTAVIA

(39-32 BC)

Octavie is Octave's sister. She marries Marcellus, consul in 50 BC. -VS. who died in 40 BC. -VS. It was at this precise moment that Octave reconciled with Marc Antoine at Brindisium. One of the clauses of the treaty provides for the marriage of Octave's sister to Marc Antoine. Marc Antoine married Octavie in 39 or 38 BC. -VS. He spends the following years in the East and already has a guilty relationship with Cleopatra. After the interview at Athens in 37 BC. -VS. , it is still Octavie who reconciles her brother and her husband, and negotiates the peace of Taranto. Shortly after, Marc Antoine abandons his wife and goes to find Cleopatra in Egypt, whom he ends up marrying and who gives him several children.. Finally, Antony decides to repudiate Octavia in 32 BC.. -VS. , to Octave's annoyance. After the publication of Antoine's will, conflict became inevitable.. The clash takes place at Actium on September 2, 31 BC. -VS. The following year, Marc Antoine and Cleopatra committed suicide.. Octave has Caesarion put to death, but Octavie manages to save the children of Antony and Cleopatra, including the future Cleopatra Selene, wife of Juba II. Very pious, Octavie died in 11 BC. -VS.

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