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Type : Denier
Date: 29 AC.
Mint name / Town : Italie ou Rome
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Octave à droite (O*) sous les traits d’Apollon Leucadius.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP - CAESAR.
Reverse description : Statue nue d’Octave de face, le manteau sur l’épaule, tenant un sceptre pommelé de la main droite et le parazonium de la main gauche, placée sur une colonne rostrale, orné de deux ancres renversées sur le fût et décorée de trois rostres (proue) de navires de chaque côté.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar”, (Imperator, César).
Commentary
Monnaie fourrée.
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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