bpv_141552 - AUGUSTUS Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
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Type : Tétradrachme syro-phénicien
Date: An 27 et 12e consulat
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Syrie, Séleucie et Piérie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,15 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante, mais complètement lisible et identifiable, style et frappe standards pour l’émission
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Obverse
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite entouré de la stemma (O*).
Obverse legend : KAISAROS SE-BASTOU (Kaisaros Sebastou)
Obverse translation : (César Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Tyché (Ville d’Antioche) tourelée, voilée et drapée assise à droite sur un rocher, tenant une palme de la main droite ; à ses pieds à droite, l’Oronte nageant à droite.
Reverse legend : ETOUS - ZK - NIKHS/ (UPAT) IB (Etous Nikhs)
Reverse translation : Nouvelle année victorieuse 27 / Douzième consulat / monogramme d’Antioche.
Commentary
Ce type, qui s’étend de l’an 27 (5 AC) à la mort de l’Empereur, en l’an 44 du règne (14 AD) présente un type religieux plus œcuménique que ceux qu’utilisèrent les Séleucides : la Tyché de la ville d’Antioche.
On peut penser que l’Antioche de l’époque, probablement une ville de 150 à 200.000 habitants, était un creuset de cultes différents et que les Romains, plutôt que d’imposer un dieu particulier, choisirent une image dans laquelle tous les Antiochéens, voire tous les habitants de la région, pouvaient se reconnaître. La statue de la Tyché représentée au revers, était la statue cultuelle de l’artiste Eutychides, si célèbre que des copies d’époque nous en sont parvenues.
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, cinquante et un exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés, cet exemplaire est le 0051_051.
This type, which extends from the year 27 (5 BC) to the death of the Emperor, in the year 44 of the reign (14 AD) presents a more ecumenical religious type than those used by the Seleucids: the Tyche of the city of Antioch. We can think that Antioch at the time, probably a city of 150 to 200,000 inhabitants, was a melting pot of different cults and that the Romans, rather than imposing a particular god, chose an image in which all the Antiochians, or even all the inhabitants of the region, could recognize themselves. The statue of the Tyche represented on the reverse, was the cult statue of the artist Eutychides, so famous that examples of it from the period have come down to us. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, fifty-one examples are now listed, this example is 0051_051
On peut penser que l’Antioche de l’époque, probablement une ville de 150 à 200.000 habitants, était un creuset de cultes différents et que les Romains, plutôt que d’imposer un dieu particulier, choisirent une image dans laquelle tous les Antiochéens, voire tous les habitants de la région, pouvaient se reconnaître. La statue de la Tyché représentée au revers, était la statue cultuelle de l’artiste Eutychides, si célèbre que des copies d’époque nous en sont parvenues.
Dans la base TSP maintenue par Michel Prieur, cinquante et un exemplaires sont maintenant répertoriés, cet exemplaire est le 0051_051.
This type, which extends from the year 27 (5 BC) to the death of the Emperor, in the year 44 of the reign (14 AD) presents a more ecumenical religious type than those used by the Seleucids: the Tyche of the city of Antioch. We can think that Antioch at the time, probably a city of 150 to 200,000 inhabitants, was a melting pot of different cults and that the Romans, rather than imposing a particular god, chose an image in which all the Antiochians, or even all the inhabitants of the region, could recognize themselves. The statue of the Tyche represented on the reverse, was the cult statue of the artist Eutychides, so famous that examples of it from the period have come down to us. In the TSP database maintained by Michel Prieur, fifty-one examples are now listed, this example is 0051_051
Historical background
AUGUSTUS
(01/16/27 BC - 08/19/14 AD)
Augustus, after Actium and the taking of Alexandria, remains the sole master of the Roman Empire. He gave his powers to the senate in 27 and was honored with the title of august, giving birth to a new political regime: the principate.. The next forty years will be devoted to structuring and consolidating the system put in place by Augustus on the political, economic and cultural level.. He is assisted by Agrippa, who becomes his son-in-law by marrying his daughter Julia in 21 BC.. -VS. and bears him two grandsons, Caius and Lucius. Unfortunately, Agrippa, friend and double, died in 12 BC.. -VS. On the military level, he is seconded first by Drusus then by Tiberius - the two sons of his third wife, Livia. On the cultural level, the arbiter of fashions is Patron. With his epic the Aeneid, new Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil recalls the mythical birth of Rome and exalts the Roman virtues.. With skillful diplomatic and military activity, and despite the disaster of Varus in 9 AD, Augustus fixed the limes on the Rhine-Danubian front, benefiting from the repeated campaigns of Drusus, then Tiberius, and the end of the reign of Germanicus, son of Drusus. The relative peace with the Parthians is materialized by the return of the ensigns and prisoners of Carrhae (53 BC. -VS. ) in 20 BC. -VS. This event has a considerable impact. Augustus also reorganizes the senatorial and imperial provinces. He reserves the administration of Egypt. The last twenty years of his reign are dedicated to the preparation of his succession. One after the other, Agrippa died in 12 BC.. -VS. , Drusus in 9 BC. -VS. , then his two grandsons, Lucius in 2 and Caius in 4. Aged 77, Auguste died in Nola on August 19, 14, leaving the throne to Tiberius, new husband of Julie, already twice widowed.. His hopes also rest on Germanicus while Agrippa Posthumus has been sidelined. After his death, Augustus is deified and the Romans give his name to the eighth month of the year, August (augustus).
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