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bpv_295731 - AUGUSTUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien

AUGUSTUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien XF
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Price : 350.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: An 27 et 12e consulat
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,00 g.
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire est le 0050_044 de la base TSP

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite entouré de la stemma (O*).
Obverse legend : KAISAROS SEBASTOU (Kaisaros Sebastou).
Obverse translation : (César Auguste).

Reverse


Reverse description : Tyché (Ville d’Antioche) tourelée, voilée et drapée assise à droite sur un rocher, tenant une palme de la main droite ; à ses pieds à droite, l’Oronte nageant à droite.
Reverse legend : ETOUS - sK - NIKHS/ (UPAT) IB (Etous Nikhs).
Reverse translation : Nouvelle année victorieuse 26 / Douzième consulat / monogramme d’Antioche.

Commentary


Ce type, qui s’étend de l’an 27 (5 AC) à la mort de l’Empereur, en l’an 44 du règne (14 AD) présente un type religieux plus œcuménique que ceux qu’utilisèrent les Séleucides : la Tyché de la ville d’Antioche.
On peut penser que l’Antioche de l’époque, probablement une ville de 150 à 200.000 habitants, était un creuset de cultes différents et que les Romains, plutôt que d’imposer un dieu particulier, choisirent une image dans laquelle tous les Antiochéens, voire tous les habitants de la région, pouvaient se reconnaître. La statue de la Tyché représentée au revers, était la statue cultuelle de l’artiste Eutychides, si célèbre que des copies d’époque nous en sont parvenues.
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, quatre-vingt quinze exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés dont dix en musées et collections publiques (Berlin, deux exemplaires, British Museum, Oxford, Yale, Paris, Vienne, Copenhague, Gotha et Glasgow).

Historical background


AUGUSTUS

(01/16/27 BC - 08/19/14 AD)

Augustus, after Actium and the taking of Alexandria, remains the sole master of the Roman Empire. He gave his powers to the senate in 27 and was honored with the title of august, giving birth to a new political regime: the principate.. The next forty years will be devoted to structuring and consolidating the system put in place by Augustus on the political, economic and cultural level.. He is assisted by Agrippa, who becomes his son-in-law by marrying his daughter Julia in 21 BC.. -VS. and bears him two grandsons, Caius and Lucius. Unfortunately, Agrippa, friend and double, died in 12 BC.. -VS. On the military level, he is seconded first by Drusus then by Tiberius - the two sons of his third wife, Livia. On the cultural level, the arbiter of fashions is Patron. With his epic the Aeneid, new Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil recalls the mythical birth of Rome and exalts the Roman virtues.. With skillful diplomatic and military activity, and despite the disaster of Varus in 9 AD, Augustus fixed the limes on the Rhine-Danubian front, benefiting from the repeated campaigns of Drusus, then Tiberius, and the end of the reign of Germanicus, son of Drusus. The relative peace with the Parthians is materialized by the return of the ensigns and prisoners of Carrhae (53 BC. -VS. ) in 20 BC. -VS. This event has a considerable impact. Augustus also reorganizes the senatorial and imperial provinces. He reserves the administration of Egypt. The last twenty years of his reign are dedicated to the preparation of his succession. One after the other, Agrippa died in 12 BC.. -VS. , Drusus in 9 BC. -VS. , then his two grandsons, Lucius in 2 and Caius in 4. Aged 77, Auguste died in Nola on August 19, 14, leaving the throne to Tiberius, new husband of Julie, already twice widowed.. His hopes also rest on Germanicus while Agrippa Posthumus has been sidelined. After his death, Augustus is deified and the Romans give his name to the eighth month of the year, August (augustus).

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