bpv_608446 - AUGUSTUS Dupondius

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Type : Dupondius

Date: c. 14-20

Mint name / Town : Émérita, Lusitania

Metal : copper

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 7,71 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré, court sur la légende de revers à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

GIC.- - RPC.29 (22 ex.) - Calico.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS PA-TER.

Obverse description : Tête radiée d’Auguste divinisé à gauche (O1).

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : AETERNITATI [AVGVSTAE] CAE.

Reverse description : Temple tétrastyle à fronton triangulaire.

Reverse translation : “Aeternitati Augustæ Cæsari”, (À l’Éternité de l’Auguste césar).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage ont recensé vingt-deux exemplaires avec un poids moyen de 11,64 g.

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

bpv_608446 - AUGUSTUS Dupondius

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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