Duisburg, 23.4.2005
Gentile Lettrice,
di seguito trascrivo i dati
significativi pertinenti alla moneta di figura:
Dupondio/Sesterzio1,
zecca itinerante al seguito di Ottaviano, 38 a. C. o successivo, Cr.
535/1,
Syd
1335,
indice di rarità secondo Sydenham
"(3)".
D. Testa nuda di Ottaviano
a destra barbato; dinanzi CAESAR
in senso orario a scendere, dietro DIVI
F in senso antiorario a scendere2.
R. Testa coronata di Cesare
a destra; dinanzi DIVOS3
in senso orario a
scendere, dietro IVLIVS
in senso antiorario a scendere4
.
La ricerca nel web ha prodotto
i seguenti risultati:
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RPC_0620.1.jpg
Lot Number: 64310 Estimate: $200.00 Final Sale Price: $357.50 Denomination:
Dupondius Grade: Fine red-brown patina Reference: Crawford 535/1; CRI 308;
Sydenham 1335; RPC 620 Octavian & Divus Julius Caesar. After 38 BC.
Æ Dupondius (11.97 gm). Uncertain Italian mint. CAESAR DIVI F, bare
head of Octavian right / DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Caesar right. Crawford
535/1; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC 620. Fine, red-brown patina, light porosity.
Estimate $200. Online auction number 38 closed September 24, 2001.
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RPC_0620-o.jpg
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RPC_0620-r.jpg
ORC8433 Julius Caesar portrait dup. G, NR Octavian & Divos Julius Caesar,
Æ dupondius, (12.72g) c. 38 BC, Italian Mint, DIV[I F CAESAR] Bare
head of Octavian right. / [DIVOS IVLIVS] Head of Julius Caesar right. Vagi
71; RPC 620; C 535/1. G, dark brown patina. US $25.49 bidder - now Ends
Mar-03-03
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http://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=46567&AucID=50&Lot=1956
Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 122 Auction date:
March 10th, 2003 Lot number: 1956 Price realized: 340 EUR (approx. 376
U.S. Dollars as of the auction date) Lot description: RÖMISCHE REPUBLIK
RÖMISCHE REPUBLIK NACH 211 v.Chr. Objekt-Nr.: 1956 Octavian, 38 v.
Chr. AE Bronze, (13,38 g.), Mzst. in Italien. Vs.: CAESAR DIVI F, bärtiger
Kopf des Oktavian n.r. Rs.: DIVOS IVLIVS, bekränzter Kopf Cäsars
nach r. Cr. 535/1 Schöne grüne Patina, ss Estimation: €
300,00 Hammer price: € 340,00
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1569.html
Description 69, Lot: 78. OCTAVIAN, with DIVUS JULIUS CAESAR. After 38 BC.
Æ Dupondius (29mm, 16.10 gm). Southern Italian mint(?). Estimate
$500. Sold For $610 OCTAVIAN, with DIVUS JULIUS CAESAR. After 38 BC. Æ
Dupondius (29mm, 16.10 gm). Southern Italian mint(?). Bare head of Octavian
right, wearing slight beard / Wreathed head of Caesar right. Crawford 535/1;
RPC I 620; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335. VF, black-green patina, minor pitting
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/octavian/cohen_0003.1.jpg
Date: B.C. 038 Reference: Sear 465, RSC - Obverse: DIVI F CAESAR, Bare
head of Octavian r. Reverse: DIVOS IVLIVS, Laureate head of Julius Caesar
right Mintmark: none Condition: F, corroded. Currently $177.50 Ends 10/05/99
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/octavian/cohen_0003.2.jpg
Date: B.C. 038 Reference: Sear 465, RSC - Obverse: DIVI F CAESAR, Bare
head of Octavian r. Reverse: DIVOS IVLIVS, Laureate head of Julius Caesar
right Mintmark: none Condition: VG Currently $18.50 Ends 10/05/99
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Description This coin was minted circa 38 BC under the authority of Octavian,
who was the declared heir of Julius Caesar, and who campaigned against
Mark Antony following Caesar's death to determine the fate of the Roman
world. Antony's defeat at Actium in 31 BC left Octavian as master of the
entire Roman world. He would be given the title Augustus by the Senate
in 27 BC, and this is the title he was known by from that point onward.
It has been said of Augustus that he 'found Rome made of brick, and left
it made of marble'. This piece was minted in honor of Julius Caesar, his
political benefactor. Caesar was born in 100 BC, and was, of course, assassinated
on the Ides of March, 44 BC. He began his political career as a young man,
opposing the dictatorship of Sulla. He became a prominent figure in the
Roman aristocracy, and was elected consul in 59 BC, after having formed
the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. He campaigned in Gaul almost
continuously between 58 and 50 BC, and he would also lead an expedition
to Britain in 55-54 BC. He defeated Pompey at Pharsalus in 48 BC, and would
spend the next two years defeating the remnants of the Pompeian party.
He returned to Rome the undisputed master of the Roman world, but would
hold supreme power for only a brief period before his assassination. The
obverse of this type depicts the bare head of Octavian facing right, with
legend CAESAR before, and DIVI.F. behind. The reverse type features the
laureate head of Julius Caesar facing right, with legends DIVOS before,
and IVLIVS behind. This piece shows heavy wear and a lightly granular tan
patina, and grades G, with major devices clearly visible, and the DIVI.F.
of the obverse legend readable. Still a decent and very affordable example
of this rare and highly sought after type, the only imperial sestertius
available with a portrait of Julius Caesar. It is catalouged as Sear-465.
Currently $99.00 Ends Apr-05-00
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OCTAVIAN & JULIUS CAESAR . c. 38 BC-. Bronze Sestertius (?), 27mm (14.52
gm). O: Head of Octavian, r.. R: Head of Julius Caesar, r.. cf. Craw 535/1..
Scarce, historical and VF. Currently $405. Ends Aug-03-01. Octavian &
Divus Julius Caesar Æ Dupondius. Italian mint, 38 BC. DIVI F CAESAR,
bare head of Octavian right / DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar
right. Cr535/1, Syd 1335, RPC 620.
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/octavian/cohen_0003.5-o.jpg
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/octavian/cohen_0003.5-r.jpg
Octavian & Divos Julius Caesar, Æ dupondius, (18.35g) c. 38 BC,
Italian Mint, DIVI [F] CAESAR Bare head of Octavian right. / DIVOS [IVLIVS]
Head of Julius Caesar right. RPC 620; C 535/1. VF, green patina. While
this coin used to be called a sestertius, it probably circulated as a dupondius.
Currently $325.00 Apr-16-01
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http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/octavian/cohen_0003.6.jpg
1071. OCTAVIAN & DIVUS JULIUS CAESAR. After 38 BC. Æ Dupondius
(24.02 gm). Bare head of Octavian right / Wreathed head of Caesar right.
Crawford 535/1; Sear CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620. VF, dark green
patina, some smoothing and minor marks. ($500) CNG Mail bid sale #58, 18
Sept 2001, lot 1071. Octavian & Divus Julius Caesar Æ Dupondius.
Italian mint, 38 BC. DIVI F CAESAR, bare head of Octavian right / DIVOS
IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right. Cr535/1, Syd 1335, RPC 620.
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http://data.numismatics.org/cgi-bin/showobj?accnum=1944.100.6017
Department R Object Type C Material AE Manufacture ST Weight 26.96 Axis
11 Denomination Bronze Start Date -38 End Date 0 Reference C.535.1|S.1335
Person Octavian|CAESAR DIVI.F Dynasty Republic Mint Italy Issuer Octavian|CAESAR
DIVI.F Series Crawford Obverse Legend CAESAR DIVI.F Obverse Type Octavian
head r., bearded Reverse Legend DIVOS IVLIVS Reverse Type Caesar head r.,
wreathed
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http://www.maltergalleries.com/archives/auction02/09292002/lot0336.jpg
336. Octavian & Divus Julius Caesar. After 38 BC. AE-Sestertius. 29.18g.
CAESAR DIVI F, bare head of Octavian rt. / DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head
of Caesar rt. Craw 535/1; Syd. 1335. Fine, flan flaw. View Item
$200
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http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/realms/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=277&large=0
Octavian. 38 BC. AE - Sestertius. nr VF Octavian. 38 BC. 29 mm. AE - Sestertius
(26.1 gms) CAESAR DIVI F, (or Dupondius?) Bare head of Octavian right.
Bare head of Octavian right. / DIVOS IVLIVS, Laureate head of Divos Julius
Caesar right. References: Crawford 535/1; Syd 1335; BMCRR Gaul 106; CRI
308 ($1200). nr VF. Inexpensive portrait of Julius Caesar! Southern Italian
Mint. Unlike Antony's 'Fleet Coinage', these bronzes bear no indication
as to their denomination. The community is mixed on the issue, some believe
Sestertius, others Dupondius. With the normal issue being about 19-20 grams,
I call this one a Sestertius. Price $ 510 € 390.57 £ 267.44
CHF 602.52 CAD$ 633.73 Rates for 4/21/2005
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http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/realms/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=281&large=0
Octavian. 38 BC. AE - dupondius. nr VF Octavian. 38 BC. 29 mm. AE - dupondius
(11.4 gms) CAESAR DIVI F, (or Sestertius?) Bare head of Octavian right.
Bare head of Octavian right. / DIVOS IVLIVS, Laureate head of Divos Julius
Caesar right. References: Crawford 535/1; Syd 1335; BMCRR Gaul 106; CRI
308 ($1200). nr VF, Nice for this typically crude issue. Inexpensive portrait
of Julius Caesar! Southern Italian Mint. Unlike Antony's 'Fleet Coinage',
these bronzes bear no indication as to their denomination. The community
is mixed on the issue, some believe Sestertius, others Dupondius. With
the normal issue being about 19-20 grams, I call this one a Dupondius.
Price $ 495 € 379.08 £ 259.57 CHF 584.80 CAD$ 615.09
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http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/vaughncoins/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=52&large=0
Julius Caesar and Octavian . 38 BC . AE Sestertius . Julius Caesar and
Octavian . 38 BC . Bronze Sestertius . 31 mm . 18.0 gm. THE ONLY SESTERTIUS
ISSUED WITH JULIUS CAESAR'S PORTRAIT Obv : CAESAR DIVI F ; Bare Head of
Octavian, rt. Rev : DIVOS IVLIVS ; Wreathed Head of Julius Caesar , rt.
Reference : Sear 1569 (RCV 2000) KHDDCJA Price $ 575 € 440.34 £
301.52 CHF 679.32 CAD$ 714.50 Rates for 4/21/2005
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http://www.rudnik.com/rudnik/rudnik/rome/twelve1/htmls/R2578.html
TYPE Roman Imperatorial, Octavian (42 - 27 BC), bronze sestertius (dupondius?),
struck 38 BC honoring Julius Caesar, 19.93g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bare head
of Octavian to right, legend: CAESAR DIVI F Rev: Laureate head of deified
Julius Caesar, legend: DIVOS IVLIVS REFERENCE: SR 465, Syd 1335, Cr 535/1
GRADING: VG / VG+, brown-red patina w/ some green tones, couple of pits,
scarce ORDER INFO: R2578, $125 A budget specimen of this prized issue,
featuring the first and foremost two of the Twelve Caesars. Still, nice
patina complements the typically (for this issue) low-relief, yet discernible
finely styled portraits; this is all the more valuable, since portraiture
of this era is usually in the "patrician" school and thus generally not
aesthetically very pleasing, and later Augustan depictions are mostly of
an idealized "Neo-Attic" style. While the present renditions do display
some of this idealization (and understandably so, given the deification
of the father - and appropriate hints for the adopted son - that they here
advertise), there is nevertheless a note of an expressive realism, and
- at least in the case of the merely 25-yeear old Octavian - a rather atypical
for him sense of an authentic, lifelike depiction.
Le caratteristiche fisiche della
moneta sono compatibili con i conî d'epoca; in considerazione del
peso si direbbe che essa più prossima ad un dupondio che ad un sesterzio.
Dall'aspetto generale si direbbe autentica. La moneta si presenta inoltre
piuttosto consunta, la leggenda è in larga parte abrasa (come evidenziano
le numerose lettere di colore rosso nella descrizione ad inizio pagina),
il dritto non è perfettamente centrato, elementi questi tutti negativi
ai fini della valutazione. Per aiutare la lettrice, che me ne ha fatto
richiesta, a farsi un'idea del valore venale proprio della sua moneta (valutazione,
per altro, che non rientra nelle finalità della mia rubrica), ho
sopra riportato un certo numero di siti nei quali la moneta è presente
e, accanto ai link, ho indicato, ove possibile, anche i valori venali.
Un saluto cordiale.
Giulio De Florio
www.monetaromana.it
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Note:
(1) Estraggo
dal data base dell'ANS (http://www.amnumsoc.org/search/)
le caratteristiche fisiche della moneta di figura:
Peso
(grammi) |
Diametro
(mm) |
Asse
conio
(ore) |
19.29 |
32 |
6 |
19.47 |
- |
11 |
15.55 |
- |
2 |
14.97 |
- |
11 |
13.22 |
- |
8 |
22.69 |
- |
6 |
20.60 |
- |
6 |
16.96 |
- |
6 |
26.96 |
- |
11 |
18.38 |
- |
1 |
05.51 |
27 |
4 |
14.57 |
29.5 |
2 |
18.34 |
- |
10 |
19.49 |
36 |
11 |
09.14 |
29 |
6 |
05.90 |
17.5 |
3 |
14.00 |
29 |
6 |
Si osserverà come il peso
della moneta sia molto irregolare, talché verrebbe da classificarla
come sesterzio se il peso supera i 16 grammi e dupondio se il peso è
più basso. Da quanto mi risulta la questione è controversa
e quindi arbitraria l'associazione all'uno o all'altro dei due nominali.
(2) Le
lettere in rosso della leggenda sono quelle abrase. Si ricorderà
che alla nascita Augusto aveva il nome di Caius Octavius Thurinus.
Dopo l'adozione (per testamento) da parte di Giulio Cesare, ne assunse
il nome, diventando Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus (l'ultimo nome sta ad
indicare l'appartenenza alla "gens" Ottavia). Dopo la morte, Giulio Cesare
fu divinizzato, sicché Ottaviano nella titolatura delle monete si
presenta come Cesare, figlio del dio ("CAESAR DIVI Filius"). Allorché
il Senato di Roma, nel 29 a.C., conferì ad Ottaviano il titolo di
"Imperator perpetuus" (ove "imperator" non ha il significato odierno di
"imperatore", piuttosto quello di comandante militare), Ottaviano rinunciò
al praenomen Caius per assumere quello di Imperator che dava subito l'idea
di un potere autocratico. Successivamente, nel 27 a.C., il Senato gli conferì
anche il titolo di Augusto (che più propriamente si avvicina a ciò
che oggi chiamiamo "imperatore", monarca a capo di un impero) e con questo
nome è passato alla storia.
(3) Sull'uso
di "DIVOS" al posto di "DIVVS" riporto una nota di John Isles sul forum
"Moneta-L" di Yahoo:
It's an archaizing use. "DIVOS
instead of DIVVS - This substitution, made for no other known reason than
that the letters V and O were in the earlier ages of Rome frequently used
the one for the other, is exemplified on marbles and on coins - ex. gr.
IVLIOS, AEGYPTOS, VOLTEIA, VOLCANO, CONSOLES, HERCOLI for Julius, Aegyptus,
Vulteia, Vulcano, Consules, Herculi" -- Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman
Coins. DIVVS derives from earlier deivos, according to the Oxford Latin
Dictionary.
(4) Giulio
Cesare fu assassinato nelle Idi di Marzo del 44 a. C.; due anni dopo la
sua morte il Senato approvò il decreto della sua deificazione. La
figura di Giulio Cesare era assai cara all'esercito e alla plebe e Ottaviano
vantò l'eredità testamentaria e la discendenza dal defunto
(di cui, tra l'altro, era pronipote) e le utilizzò come mezzo di
delegittimazione politica del suo avversario, Antonio. La moneta di figura,
che associa l'immagine di Ottaviano sul dritto a quella di Giulio Cesare
sul rovescio, è un esempio significativo della propaganda di Ottaviano. |