v11_0224 - AUGUSTUS Denier
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 510.70 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 609.95 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 510.70 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 609.95 €
Type : Denier
Date: 19 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Nîmes
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine foncée. Faiblesse de frappe au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAESAR - AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Auguste à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Cæsar Augustus”, (César Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SIGNIS/ |RE]CEPTIS, PLACÉS VERTICALEMENT.
Reverse description : Bouclier votif placé entre une aigle légionnaire et une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : “Signis Receptis Senatus Populus Que Romanus Clipeus Virtutis”, (pour les enseignes reprises aux Parthes au nom du Peuple et du Sénat romains/ bouclier votif).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages consultés. Poids léger.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from the main works consulted. Lightweight
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from the main works consulted. Lightweight
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(01/16/27 BC - 08/19/14 AD)
The temple of Mars Ultor was dedicated on May 12, 20 BC. It concretized the great diplomatic victory that the emperor had just won. Augustus had recovered the ensigns and the prisoners returned by the Parthians, lost following the defeats of Crassus at Carrhae (53 AC.), Decidius Saxa (40 AC.) and Marc Antoine (36 AC.). To commemorate this victory, an arc de Triomphe was erected on the Forum by virtue of a decision of the Senate. It was a great diplomatic success that the Res Gestae recalls (II, 11). On the arch, the characters accosting the quadriga of Augustus who received the Triumph on this occasion are Parthian warriors returning the military insignia. The Parthian king, Phraates IV (38-2 AC) tried to get closer to the Romans. Augustus offered him a young slave named Musa who received many honors and ended up assassinating the king of kings with the help of his son Phraatakes.
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