v38_0442 - OCTAVIAN Denier
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: 30-29
Mint name / Town : Italie ou Rome
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan où le cuivre apparaît au droit sous la chevelure. Usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Octave à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : [IMP. CAESAR] DANS L’ARCHITRAVE.
Reverse description : La Curia Julia (maison du Sénat romain) avec un porche surmonté par quatre colonnes et le fronton surmonté d’acrotères.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar”, (Imperator, César).
Commentary
Fourré. Poids extrêmement léger.
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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