brm_707288 - OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: 36 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vienne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 8,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire coupé en deux, dans un très bel état avec une agréable patine gris vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP./ [CAESAR./ DIVI. IVLI./ DIVI. F.] .
Obverse description : Têtes nues adossées de Jules César à gauche et d'Octave à droite.
Obverse translation : “Imperator/ Cæsar/ Divi Iuli/ Divi Filii”, (L’imperator/ césar/ divin Jules/ fils du divin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [C.I.V.].
Reverse description : Restes de proue de galère avec château avant et mat à droite.
Reverse translation : “Colonia Iulia Viennensis”, (Colonie Julia de Vienne).
Commentary
Dupondius coupé en deux horizontalement ou as. De nombreux exemplaires furent coupés en deux pour servir comme as ou demi-dupondius. Il est toutefois plus rare que ces dupondii soient découpés dans le sens horizontal !.
Historical background
OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR
Eighteen-year-old Octave, born in 63 BC, was in Apollonia at the time of his great-uncle's death. He rushed to Rome to collect the family inheritance because he had been adopted by Caesar. He changed his name to Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus and decided to form during the year 43 the second Triumvirate with Marc Antoine and Lépide. He was not yet twenty. Octave will fight to conquer power for thirteen years before becoming Augustus on January 16, 27 BC. During all these years and even after, he presents himself as the son of Caesar and his successor.
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