bpv_475104 - AUGUSTUS Cistophore
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Type : Cistophore
Date: c. 24-20 AC.
Mint name / Town : Éphèse, Asie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles à l’usure importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine gris foncé de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP. - CAE-SAR.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar”, (L’empereur césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AVGVSTVS AU-DESSUS DE L’AUTEL.
Reverse description : Autel de Diane (Artémis) paré de guirlandes et orné de deux biches affrontées.
Reverse translation : “Augustus”, (Auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont répertorié 123 pièces pour 72 coins de droit. C. H. V. Sutherland dans son étude avait recensé 115 cistophores avec 102 numéros, 71 coins de droit et 91 coins de revers. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la vente Glendining du 1er décembre 1927, n° 52. Au revers, nous avons une petite bavure caractéristique le long du grènetis. C’est un coin de revers nouveau.
Lightweight. For this type, the authors of the Roman Provincial Coinage listed 123 coins for 72 obverse dies. CHV Sutherland in his study had identified 115 cistophores with 102 numbers, 71 obverse dies and 91 reverse dies. Same obverse die as the copy of the Glendining sale of December 1, 1927, no. 52. On the reverse, we have a small characteristic burr along the roughening. It's a new backhand corner
Lightweight. For this type, the authors of the Roman Provincial Coinage listed 123 coins for 72 obverse dies. CHV Sutherland in his study had identified 115 cistophores with 102 numbers, 71 obverse dies and 91 reverse dies. Same obverse die as the copy of the Glendining sale of December 1, 1927, no. 52. On the reverse, we have a small characteristic burr along the roughening. It's a new backhand corner
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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