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brm_557194 - AUGUSTUS As

AUGUSTUS As AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : As
Date: 34-37
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 11,22 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très bel aigle au revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. P

Obverse


Obverse legend : DIVVS. AVGVSTVS. PATER.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Auguste à gauche (O1).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater” (Divin Auguste père).

Reverse


Reverse legend : S|C.
Reverse description : Aigle debout de face sur un globe la tête à droite, les ailes déployées.

Commentary


Ce type avec la tête radiée n’est pas un dupondius, mais un as. Il est possible que l’aigle du revers ait appartenu à une statue du temple de Jupiter Capitolin.

Historical background


AUGUSTUS

(+ 19 Aug 14)

Tiberius' s Consecration

Augustus died on August 19, 14 AD in Nola. He is immediately deified by the Senate. Tiberius, throughout his reign, will strike an important coinage of consecration using the image of his adoptive father and stepfather in order to establish his power..

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