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brm_710714 - AUGUSTUS Sesterce

AUGUSTUS Sesterce VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 96
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
C.569 (15 fr.) - RIC.135  - BMC/RE.149 note - BN/R.144  - RCV.3077 (3000$) - MRK.-  - SIR.9

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGVSTVS.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à gauche (O*).
Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (Divin Auguste père).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IMP NERVA CAESAR AVGVSTVS REST.
Reverse description : Grand S. C au centre.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Restituit”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste a restitué).

Commentary

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..

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