bgr_762956 - MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: 357-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Philippes, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré. Usure importante mais monnaie identifiable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à gauche coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied ; dans le champ à gauche, un carquois.
Reverse legend : FILIPPWN
Reverse translation : (de Philippes).
Historical background
MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS
(27 BC - 14 AD)
It was at Philippi that Antony and Octave faced Brutus and Cassius who died there. The colony was founded by Antoine after the battle (Antoni Iussu "Colonia Victrix Philippensis", then refounded by Octavian in 30 BC after the battle of Actium.
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