v18_0269 - OCTAVIAN Denier
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: automne 32 - automne 31 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie ou Rome
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure régulière avec un très beau portrait. Jolie patine de collection. Flan ovale et irrégulier
Catalogue references :
B.105 (Julia) - BMC/RR.4327 - RIC.251 - BMC/RE.609 - RSC.117 - RCV.1548 (960$) - CRI.397 (600£) - C.70 (4f.) - BN/R.3
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Vénus à droite avec collier et pendants d’oreilles.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAESAR - DIVI F.
Reverse description : Octave debout de face, tourné à gauche, vêtu militairement, tendant la main droite et tenant une haste transversale de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Cæsar divi filius”, (César fils du divin).
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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