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v16_0390 - AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS Aureus

AUGUSTUS, CAIUS and LUCIUS Aureus VF
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
Realised price : 1 550.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 2 260.00 €
Type : Aureus
Date: 2 AC. - AD. 12
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lugdunum, (Lyon)
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : + 900 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court. Trace de monture ancienne. Beau portrait
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Seaby, acheté 13£ avant la seconde guerre mondiale

Obverse


Obverse legend : CAESAR AVGVSTVS - DIVI F PATER PATRIAE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Cæsar Augustus Divi Filius Pater Patriæ”, (César Auguste fils du divin Jules, père de la patrie).

Reverse


Reverse legend : C. L. CAESARES À L'EXERGUE/ AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT.
Reverse description : Caius et Lucius Césars debout de face, vêtus de la toge, tenant chacun un bouclier rond et une haste ; simpulum à gauche, le lituus à droite.
Reverse translation : "Caius et Lucius Cæsares/ Augusti filii consules designati Principes Iuventutis" (Caius et Lucius Césars, fils d'Auguste, consuls désignés, princes de la jeunesse).

Commentary


Cet exemplaire est issu d’une paire de coins non repérée par J.-B. Giard qui a examiné vingt-six exemplaires pour ce type.

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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