v34_1128 - PROVINCIA (PROVENCE) - FORUM IULII (FREJUS) Petit bronze MATAVO au capricorne

PROVINCIA (PROVENCE) - FORUM IULII (FREJUS) Petit bronze MATAVO au capricorne XF/VF

MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 1 000.00 €
Realised price : 750.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 910.00 €

Type : Petit bronze MATAVO au capricorne

Date: c. 27 AC

Mint name / Town : Cabasse, Var

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 13,5 mm

Orientation dies : 2 h.

Weight : 2,27 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait sur un flan régulier, mais un peu court. Revers décentré, mais avec le capricorne presque complet. Patine verte, assez agréable un droit et un peu plus granuleuse au revers

Catalogue references :

LT.- - BN.manque - RPC.535corr

Obverse

Obverse legend : LÉGENDE GRECQUE DEVANT LE VISAGE.

Obverse description : Tête féminine à droite, la chevelure retenue par une couronne de lauriers.

Reverse

Reverse legend : [MATA]....

Reverse description : Un capricorne à droite, sur un gouvernail.

Commentary

D'après les auteurs du RPC, l'attribution de ce très rare bronze au Forum Iulii doit être abandonnée au profit du Pagus Matavonicus qui est une partie du Forum Iulii. Ce monnayage aurait été émis vers 27 avant J.-C.
L'exemplaire proposé dans MONNAIES 32, n° 831 a été vendu 1116 € avec six ordres et un maximum de 1360 € ! !.

Historical background

PROVINCIA (PROVENCE) - FORUM IULII (FREJUS)

(1st century BC)

Fréjus or Forum Iulii was founded in the 1st century BC. -VS. This is an important step on the Aurelian Way. From the outset, it has had an inland port, the basin of which, laid out in a marshy area, is connected to the sea by a long canal.. A rampart protects the town. It was probably on his way to Marseilles that he was going to besiege, that Julius Caesar founded, in 49 BC. -VS. , the Forum Iulii (literally the "Forum of Jules"). Tacitus tells us that the fleet of Antony and Cleopatra was sent to the port of Fréjus after their defeat before Octave (future emperor Augustus), off Actium in 31 BC.. -VS. The port will only lose its military role in the 3rd century, which it shared with those of Misenum and Ravenna. Shortly after the victory of Actium, around 29-27 BC. -VS. , the city receives veterans of the VIII legion and receives the title of colony and becomes an important market for the artisanal and agricultural production. Under Augustus, the city changes its name to become Forum Iulii Octavanorum colonia. All the great monuments of the City (amphitheatre, aqueduct, lighthouse, thermal baths, theatre) were built under the Julio-Claudians. Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40-93), better known as Agricola was born in Fréjus. Agricola completed the conquest of the Isle of Britain (today's Britain). He is the father-in-law of Tacitus, who wrote the story of his life. Forum Julii is mentioned there briefly at the beginning, in a laudatory way, as an “ancient and illustrious colony”.