brm_1091527 - ARAUSIO - ORANGE - OCTAVIAN and AGRIPPA Dupondius
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Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 28-27 AC.
Mint name / Town : Orange
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 15,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bronze agréable et centré, à l’usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron
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Predigree :
Provient de la collection du Colonel Jean-Paul Beaulieu
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP/ DIVI F.
Obverse description : Têtes nues adossées d’Agrippa à gauche et d’Octave à droite.
Obverse translation : “Imperator/ Divi Filii”, (L’imperator/ fils du divin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Proue de galère surmontée d’un bouclier orné d’une tête de bélier.
Historical background
ARAUSIO - ORANGE - OCTAVIAN and AGRIPPA
(c. 28-27 BC)
Orange, "Colonia Firma Iulia Secundanorum Arausio", was founded in 35 BC by veterans of the "II Legio Gallica", whose emblem is a ram's head on a shield. The latter is found in the center of the reverse of the dupondii attributed to the city.
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