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Price : 140.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 140.00 €
Type : Quinaire
Date: 29 AC.
Mint name / Town : Asie
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,71 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire pour ce type souvent usé. Joli portrait. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAESAR IMP VII.
Obverse description : Tête nue d’Auguste à droite (O°).
Obverse translation : “Cæsar Imperator Septimum” (César revêtu de la septième acclamation impériale).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ASIA - RECEPTA.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche, sur la ciste mystique, de laquelle sort de chaque côté un serpent.
Reverse translation : “Asia Recepta” (L’Asie conquise).
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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