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bgr_668161 - MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS Unité

MACEDONIA - PHILIPPI - AUGUSTUS Unité VF
80.00 €(Approx. 86.40$ | 68.80£)
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Type : Unité
Date: 357-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Philippes, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 6,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Métal granuleux. Patine foncée
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, une grappe de raisin.
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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