brm_983514 - OCTAVIAN Denier
1 000.00 €(Approx. 1050.00$ | 830.00£)
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Type : Denier
Date: automne 30 - été 29 AC.
Date: 30-29 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie ou Rome
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli portrait d’Octave. Revers agréable avec des faiblesses. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
B.161 (Julia) - BMC/RR.4348 - RIC.267 - BMC/RE.624 - RSC.123 - RCV.1558 (1200$) - CRI.422 (700£) - C.123 (5f.) - BN/R.66
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Octave à droite (O°).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP - CAESAR.
Reverse description : Arc de triomphe orné de la légende dans l’entablement et surmonté d’un quadrige de face conduit par Octave comme aurige.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar”, (Imperator César).
Commentary
La seule représentation de l’arc Actien d’Octave. Le quadrige placé au-dessus de l’arc, n’est pas sans rappeler la “plastique” des chevaux de la place Saint-Marc.
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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