Live auction - brm_1006925 - OCTAVIAN Denier
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Live starting : Type : Denier
Date: 30-29 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,71 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan légèrement décentré, notamment au revers. Très beau portrait d’Octave ainsi qu’un revers de style fin. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
B.155 (Julia) - BMC/RR.4362 - RIC.270 - BMC/RE.637 - RSC.116 - RCV.1562 (1260$) - CRI.427 (800£) - C.116 (8f.) - BN/R.46
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d'Octave à droite (O*) ; derrière, un foudre posé verticalement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP - CAESAR.
Reverse description : Octave assis à gauche sur une chaise curule, vêtu de la toge, tenant une victoriola.
Reverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar”, (Impérator César).
Commentary
Avec un buste très particulier où Octave est assimilé à Terminus, forme particulière de Jupiter, ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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