brm_346373 - AUGUSTUS As

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Price : 175.00 €

Type : As

Date: 96

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 8,75 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan minc, court sur la légende de droit. Portrait particulier et énigmatique de haut relief. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron granuleuse

Catalogue references :

C.567 Auguste (15 fr.) - RIC.130 - BMC/RE.161 - BN/R.151 - RCV.3081 (1050$) - MRK.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS.

Obverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus”, (Divin Auguste père).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IMP NERVA CAESAR AVG REST/ -|-// SC.

Reverse description : Foudre ailé posé verticalement.

Reverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Restituit”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste a restitué).

Commentary

Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, Auguste a les traits qui ressemblent à ceux de Nerva.

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..

AUGUSTUS Sesterce XF/VF

750.00 €

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