v52_0444 - OCTAVIAN Denier
MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
Realised price : 420.00 €
Starting price : 420.00 €
Estimate : 850.00 €
Realised price : 420.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: automne 30 - été 29 avant J.-C.
Date: c. 30-29 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie ou Rome
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait juvénile et imberbe de Mars. Beau revers avec une petite faiblesse de frappe sur le bouclier. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection D. J
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP.
Obverse description : Tête casquée de Mars à droite, imberbe, coiffé du casque attique à triple aigrette.
Obverse translation : “Imperator”, (L’imperator).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAESAR.
Reverse description : Bouclier orné d’un astre à huit rais centré posé sur deux hastes.
Reverse translation : “Cæsar”, (César).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup 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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