Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Caesar Augustus

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Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Ancient Rome, c.27 BC-14 AD. Ruler: Caesar Augustus.

Obv: Head of Augustus, right.

Rev: Tyche seated right, on rock; River God Orontes swimming right.

Mint: Antioch (struck 5 BC). Prieur 50. RPC 14151. 

Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. Born into an old, wealthy equestrian branch of the plebeian Octavii family, in 44 BC Augustus was adopted posthumously by his maternal great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar following Caesar's assassination.

Together with Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus, he formed the Second Triumvirate to defeat the assassins of Caesar. Following their victory at Phillipi, the Triumvirate divided the Roman Republic among themselves and ruled as military dictators. The Triumvirate was eventually torn apart under the competing ambitions of its members: Lepidus was driven into exile and stripped of his position, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Augustus in 31 BC.

  • Inventory# PA-3073
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