v21_2318 - AUGUSTUS As, (MB, Æ 28)

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot

Type : As, (MB, Æ 28)

Date: 15-16

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 11,05 g.

Coments on the condition:

Flan très large pour ce type avec un très beau portrait idéalisé d’Auguste. Joli revers. Magnifique patine vert d’eau profond

Catalogue references :

C.244 (5f.) - RIC.72 - BMC/RE.151 - BN/R.45 - RCV.1788 (680$) - MRK.2 /145 (500€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGV-STVS PATER.

Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Auguste à gauche (O1) ; au-dessus, une étoile ; à gauche, un foudre.

Obverse translation : "Divus Augustus Pater", (Divin Auguste Père).

Reverse

Reverse legend : S|C.

Reverse description : Figure féminine (Livie ?) voilée et drapée, assise à droite sur un trône, tenant de la main gauche un long sceptre et, de la droite, une patère ; ses pieds reposent sur un tabouret.

Reverse translation : "Senatus Consulto", (Par Décret du Sénat).

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..

AUGUSTUS Dupondius VF/XF

v21_2318 - AUGUSTUS As, (MB, Æ 28)

Obverse

Reverse

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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