Live auction - brm_356246 - OCTAVIAN Denier
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 14:55:12 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Denier
Date: 37 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier itinérant avec Octave, Italie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale avec les grènetis visibles, court sur la légende de revers. Belle tête d’Octave, finement détaillée avec la barbe bien visible de haut relief et de style fin. Revers légèrement décentré. Très jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP. CAESAR - DIVI. F. III. VIR. ITER. R. P. C..
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Octave à droite, légèrement barbu (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Divi Filius Triumvir Iterum Rei Publicæ Constituandæ", (Imperator Octave fils du divin Jules, triumvir pour la seconde fois pour la restauration de la République).
Reverse
Reverse legend : COS ITER [ET TER DESIG].
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, vase à sacrifice, “capis” et lituus.
Reverse translation : “Consul Iterum et tertium Designatus”, (Consul pour la seconde fois désigné pour la troisième fois).
Commentary
Pour ce type, Michael Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à trente-neuf coins de droit et inférieure à quarante-trois coins de revers pour quatre variétés. Ce type est en fait 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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