brm_378967 - OCTAVIAN denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : denier
Date: été 31 AC
Mint name / Town : Cyrène
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type rarissime. Joli droit. Usure régulière au revers. Flan quadrangulaire mais bien centré. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : AVGVR - PONTIF.
Obverse description : Tête barbue et cornue de Jupiter Ammon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP|CAESAR/ DIVI|F.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à droite sur un globe, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Caesar Divi Filius”, (À l’imperator césar fils du divin [César]).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à quatre coins droit et inférieure à onze coins de revers pour quatre variétés. Ce type est en fait infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Light weight. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than four straight corners and less than eleven reverse dies for four varieties. This type is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.
Light weight. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than four straight corners and less than eleven reverse dies for four varieties. This type is in fact infinitely rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.
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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