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Live auction - brm_734357 - OCTAVIAN Denier

OCTAVIAN Denier AU
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Estimate : 900 €
Price : 450 €
Maximum bid : 450 €
End of the sale : 07 June 2022 14:58:27
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Denier
Date: 37 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier itinérant avec Octave, Italie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée avec des faiblesses sur les légendes. Très beau portrait d’Octave, détaillé. Patine grise

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP. CAESAR - DIVI. F. III. VIR. ITER. R. P. C..
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Octave à droite, légèrement barbu (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Divi Filius Triumvir Iterum Rei Publicæ Constituandæ", (Imperator Octave fils du divin Jules, triumvir pour la seconde fois pour la restauration de la République).

Reverse


Reverse legend : COS ITER ET TER DESIG.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, vase à sacrifice, “capis” et lituus.
Reverse translation : “Consul Iterum et tertium Designatus”, (Consul pour la seconde fois désigné pour la troisième fois).

Commentary


Pour ce type, Michael Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente-neuf coins de droit et inférieure à quarante-trois coins de revers pour quatre variétés. Ce type est en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


OCTAVIAN

(63 BC - 27 BC)

Octavian, born September 23, 63 BC in Thurium, was adopted by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, in 45 BC. After Caesar's death, he formed the second triumvirate with Marc Antony and Lepidus and was one of the architects of the proscriptions which cost Cicero his life in 43 BC. In 42 BC, Brutus and Cassius were defeated at Philippi, where they committed suicide. After the naval battle of Actium (31 BC) and the conquest of Egypt the following year, Octavian celebrated a triple triumph in Rome (August 13-15, 29 BC). That year the temple of Julius Caesar was dedicated..

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