Live auction - brm_466630 - TIBERIUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 January 2018 14:32:38 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 22-23
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,06 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, épais et bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit. Faiblesse de frappe dans la légende du revers. Patine noire, granuleuse et piquée par endroit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XXIX, n° 104 (580€ + frais) et de la collection du Docteur J.-M. F
Obverse
Obverse legend : CIVITATIBVS ASIAE - RESTITVTIS.
Obverse description : Tibère assis à gauche, ses pieds reposant sur un tabouret (chaise curule), tenant une patère de la main droite et un sceptre de la gauche.
Obverse translation : “Civitatibus Asiæ Restitutis”, (Pour la restauration des cités d’Asie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII.
Reverse description : Grand S. C.
Reverse translation : “Tiberius Cæsar Divi Augusti Filius Augusti Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate vicesimum quartum”, (Tibère césar fils du divin Auguste grand pontife revêtu de la vingt-quatrième puissance tribunitienne).
Commentary
Ce sesterce est bien en orichalque, du grec oreikhalkos, qui veut dire laiton. Ce métal ou alliage métallique est mentionné par plusieurs auteurs de l'Antiquité dont Pline. Le mot a désigné d'abord un métal précieux, puis des alliages du type bronze ou laiton. Le prix de la livre d’orichalque était de 3 deniers sous Auguste contre 2 seulement pour le cuivre.
Historical background
TIBERIUS
(19/08/14-16/03/37)
Augustus
Tiberius, the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, was born on November 16, 42 BC.. -VS. His father, Caesar's lieutenant during the War of Alexandria (48-47 BC. -VS. ), then rallied to Antoine. Octave kidnapped Livia, Tiberius' mother, and married her in 38 BC. -VS. while she is pregnant by Nero Drusus. To further complicate the family tree of the Julio-Claudians, Tiberius had to divorce Vipsania to marry Julie, the daughter of Augustus, widow of Agrippa (12 BC).. -VS. ). After having chosen him as heir, Augustus prefers his grandsons to him and Tiberius then goes into exile in Rhodes.. After a plot attempt by Julie, Tibère divorces her and will never see her again.. In 4, Augustus adopts Tiberius who succeeds him in 14. His reign will last 23 years. Germanicus, whom he did not love, died in 19. He lost his son Drusus in 23, murdered by his wife, Livilla, with the help of the prefect of the Praetorium, Séjan, her lover, who retained his power until 31. Denounced for his crimes by his sister-in-law, Antonia, Séjan is executed. Tiberius retired to Capri since the year 27, died, possibly assassinated, in 37 and his great-nephew Caligula, great-grandson of Augustus, succeeded him.
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