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bpv_131848 - NEMAUSUS - NÎMES Dupondius

NEMAUSUS - NÎMES Dupondius VF
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Price : 120.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: Ier siècle avant J.-C.
Metal : copper
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire homogène, frappé sur un flan large, mais avec une usure marquée. Fine patine marron clair
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Commentary


Les exemplaires du groupe 4 se distinguent par la légende IMP// DIVI F/ P-P du droit.

Historical background


NEMAUSUS - NÎMES

(1st century BC - 1st century AD)

Nemausus (Nîmes) was the capital of the Arecomic Volques. According to the coinage, it is largely influenced by Marseille. During the first century BC, in order to counterbalance the influence of Narbonne, did she support the revolt of Sertorius in Spain against Metellus and Pompey? The colony of Nîmes seems to have been founded by Tiberius Nero, husband of Livia and father of Tiberius and Drusus senior, in 45 or 44 BC.. -VS. Some authors see it rather as a creation of Caesar himself on his return from the Spanish campaign.. The city received the "Jus Latinum". After the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. -VS. , marking the victory of Octavian and Agrippa over the fleet of Marc Antony and Cleopatra and the conquest of Egypt the following year, Octavian demobilized part of his legions, which had become too numerous after the victory. The veterans received their "honesta missio", a kind of pension in cash and in good funds. Many veterans came to settle in the province of Narbonnaise and a large contingent settled in Nîmes. The very important coinage which seems to start from 27 BC. -VS. shows the commercial dynamism of the city which became one of the richest in the region and which left us impressive monuments (the Pont du Gard, the Maison Carrée). The city changed status in 24 BC. -VS. , becoming a Roman colony under the name of "Colonia Augusta Nemausus" and dominating the territory of the Volques Arécomiques.

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