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Price : 2 500.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 2 500.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: 31-30 AC. ou 29 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Très beau revers, finement détaillé ainsi qu’un magnifique portrait d’Octave. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Octave à gauche (O°).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAESAR - DIVI. F.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite sur un globe, tenant une couronne de la main droite tendue et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Cæsar Divi Filius”, (César fils du divin [Jules]).
Commentary
Contremarque au droit.
Historical background
OCTAVIAN
(63 BC - 27 BC)
Octavian, born September 23, 63 BC in Thurium, was adopted by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, in 45 BC. After Caesar's death, he formed the second triumvirate with Marc Antony and Lepidus and was one of the architects of the proscriptions which cost Cicero his life in 43 BC. In 42 BC, Brutus and Cassius were defeated at Philippi, where they committed suicide. After the naval battle of Actium (31 BC) and the conquest of Egypt the following year, Octavian celebrated a triple triumph in Rome (August 13-15, 29 BC). That year the temple of Julius Caesar was dedicated..
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