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E-auction 180-113236 - brm_408071 - AUGUSTUS Sesterce

AUGUSTUS Sesterce VF
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : 205 €
Maximum bid : 205 €
End of the sale : 26 September 2016 14:50:00
bidders : 10 bidders
Type : Sesterce
Date: 96
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 23,77 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large avec une faiblesse de frappe et de l’usure. Patine marron
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite.
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (Divin Auguste père).

Reverse


Reverse legend : IMP NERVA CAESAR AVGVSTVS REST.
Reverse description : Grand S. C au centre.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Restituit”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste a restitué).

Commentary


Poids léger.

Historical background


AUGUSTUS

(96-98)

Restoration coinage of Nerva

Nerva, founder of a new dynasty, restored the memory of Augustus through an important bronze coinage (sesterces, dupondii and asses) and an extremely rare silver coinage (denarius). By making this gesture, he placed himself directly as the successor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and of its founder in particular, Augustus, when he himself was only born in 32 under the reign of Tiberius..

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