v29_0096 - AUGUSTUS As, (MB, Æ 27)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : As, (MB, Æ 27)
Date: 34-37
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, bien centré. Très beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe et de haut relief. Jolie patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVVS. AVGVSTVS. PATER.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Auguste à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (le divin Auguste père).
Reverse
Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Foudre ailé.
Reverse translation : “Senatus Consulto”, (Par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Ce type avec la tête radiée et un poids lourd n’est pourtant pas un dupondius, mais un as.
Heavyweight. This guy with the radiant head and a heavyweight isn't a dupondius, but an ace.
Heavyweight. This guy with the radiant head and a heavyweight isn't a dupondius, but an ace.
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(+ 19 Aug 14)
Tiberius' s Consecration
Augustus died on August 19, 14 AD in Nola. He is immediately deified by the Senate. Tiberius, throughout his reign, will strike an important coinage of consecration using the image of his adoptive father and stepfather in order to establish his power..
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