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bpv_355635 - AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS As

AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS As AU/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : As
Date: c. 2 AC. - 4 AD.
Mint name / Town : Tarraco, Espagne
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,99 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Auguste. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine marron foncé
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection MG

Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CAES AVG TR POT PON MAX P P.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Augustus Tribunicia Potestas Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriæ”, (L’empereur césar Auguste revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne grand pontife père de la patrie°.

Reverse


Reverse legend : C - V - T/ C L CAES/ AVG F.
Reverse description : Têtes nues affrontées de Caius et de Lucius césars.
Reverse translation : "Caius et Lucius Cæsares/ Augusti filii" (Caius et Lucius Césars, fils d'Auguste).

Commentary


Rubans de type 2. Les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé 66 exemplaires avec treize coins de droit et un poids moyen de 7,66 g pour 62 exemplaires.

Historical background


AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS

(2 BC - 4 AD)

Born in 20 and 17 BC, Caius and Lucius are the children of Agrippa (+ 12 BC) and Julie. They are also the grandsons of Augustus who adopted them into the gens Julia. Augustus oversees their education and destines them for the Empire. They receive the titles of "princes of youth" and "caesars" as well as the manly toga. Designated consuls, they must succeed their grandfather. Unfortunately, Lucius died in 2 CE in Marseilles and his brother in 4 CE in Limyra in Lycia. They never rule. Augustus suffers a lot from it. His wife Livia will be accused of having murdered them to offer the succession to Tiberius (according to Suetonius).

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