v24_0231 - OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)

OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35) VF

MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €

Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 35)

Date: 38 AC.

Mint name / Town : Rome ou Italie

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 35 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 26,82 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan très large, ovale, centré des deux côtés. Patine verte. Frappe molle

Catalogue references :

B.101 - RPC.621 - BMC/RR.108 - CRR.309 - RCV.1570 (1040$) - CRI.309 - C.95 - MRR.1685 (600€) - RRC.535 /2

Obverse

Obverse legend : [CAESAR] -DIVI. F..

Obverse description : (Têtes nue d’Otave à droite).

Obverse translation : “Caesar Divi Filius”, (César le divin fils).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DIVOS/ [IVL]IVS.

Reverse description : (Tête laurée de César à droite).

Reverse translation : “Divos/Iulios”, (du divin Jules).

Commentary

Le poids de notre exemplaire, très lourd, fait penser à un sesterce. Pour cette série, les auteurs du RPC ont répertorié 62 pièces avec vingt-et-un coins de droit. Ce type de monnaie se rencontre rarement coupé.

Historical background

OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR

Eighteen-year-old Octave, born in 63 BC, was in Apollonia at the time of his great-uncle's death. He rushed to Rome to collect the family inheritance because he had been adopted by Caesar. He changed his name to Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus and decided to form during the year 43 the second Triumvirate with Marc Antoine and Lépide. He was not yet twenty. Octave will fight to conquer power for thirteen years before becoming Augustus on January 16, 27 BC. During all these years and even after, he presents himself as the son of Caesar and his successor.

OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR Dupondius VF

300.00 €

Full data

OCTAVIAN AND JULIUS CAESAR Dupondius XF

80.00 €