brm_747738 - OCTAVIAN Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 40 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVI - IVLI. F.
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Octave à droite, imberbe (O°).
Obverse translation : “Divi Iulius Filius” (Du divin Jules fils du divin).
Reverse
Reverse description : Incus.
Commentary
Contremarques au droit et au revers.
Countermarks on the right and reverse
Countermarks on the right and reverse
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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