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Roman Empire AR Cistophoros 27 v. Chr AUGUSTUS, 27 BC- 14 AD - Pergamon or Ephesos vf+
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24,00 mm
weight 11,54gr. | silver Ø 24mm.
obv. Bare head of Augustus left, lituus before, IMP•CAESAR behind
rev. Six ears of corn tied together in bundle, deviding AVGV - STVS
This traditional denomination of the province of Asia, the cistophoros, with origins dating back to the time of the later Pergamene Kings, was minted extensively under Augustus. Production was more restricted under most of his successors and Claudius was the only other emperor amongst the Julio-Claudians to issue cistophori. There was a resumption of production from later Flavian times until Hadrian, the volume of whose Asian silver rivalled that of Augustus himself, but thereafter there was an abrupt cessation of minting. An isolated late revival came early in the 3rd. century under Septimius Severus. On Roman imperial coins we often see religious implements which were related to priests | the simpulum (a ladle used in pouring liquids during sacrifices), the aspergillum (a sort of flail used to scatter water), a jug for pouring water or liquid offerings, and a lituus (a crooked staff of Etruscan-Italian origin used in Roman fortune-telling to ritually mark off sections of the sky). On this coin we see the lituus. It was used as a symbol of office for the college of the augurs to mark them out as a priestly group. Well, as often happens when there is an official state religion, that religion over time becomes a base of political power as well as the more spiritual type. By the late Republic, membership in the College of Pontiffs (the association of priests of the official Roman religion) was very useful to ambitious men, and so many were appointed priests despite having little interest in or talent for the religious life. These political priests would then leave the actual daily duties of the religion to a smaller crew of dedicated men (plus the women of the Vestal Virgins) while gaining the prestige of being publicly pious. Octavianus joined the College of Pontiffs in 47 BC, aged just 16, when his grand-uncle Julius Caesar was Pontifex Maximus (High Priest, head of the College). After Julius Caesar′s assassination, the office was taken over by Lepidus, who retained it (despite his eventual exile) until his death in 13 BC. At that point, Octavianus, by now called Augustus, became the new Pontifex Maximus, and the title was then passed down to subsequent emperors who often had even less claim to it (at least based on interest in, or aptitude for, religious observances). The title "Pontifex Maximus" was used even by the early Christian emperors, up to Gratianus (375-383 AD) despite their opposition to the official pagan gods of the Roman religion. It was finally dropped as an Imperial title by Gratianus, though it has sometimes been used since the Renaissance to describe the Roman Catholic Pope. In fact the use of the lituus continued as crosier of catholic bishops.
♦ Wonderful coin of devine style and attractive toning. Extremely rare ♦ Cohen- (cf. 32 = hear to right) | RIC 491 (R3) | BMC 700 | RPC.2206 RRR
attractive tone
vf+
obv. Bare head of Augustus left, lituus before, IMP•CAESAR behind
rev. Six ears of corn tied together in bundle, deviding AVGV - STVS
This traditional denomination of the province of Asia, the cistophoros, with origins dating back to the time of the later Pergamene Kings, was minted extensively under Augustus. Production was more restricted under most of his successors and Claudius was the only other emperor amongst the Julio-Claudians to issue cistophori. There was a resumption of production from later Flavian times until Hadrian, the volume of whose Asian silver rivalled that of Augustus himself, but thereafter there was an abrupt cessation of minting. An isolated late revival came early in the 3rd. century under Septimius Severus. On Roman imperial coins we often see religious implements which were related to priests | the simpulum (a ladle used in pouring liquids during sacrifices), the aspergillum (a sort of flail used to scatter water), a jug for pouring water or liquid offerings, and a lituus (a crooked staff of Etruscan-Italian origin used in Roman fortune-telling to ritually mark off sections of the sky). On this coin we see the lituus. It was used as a symbol of office for the college of the augurs to mark them out as a priestly group. Well, as often happens when there is an official state religion, that religion over time becomes a base of political power as well as the more spiritual type. By the late Republic, membership in the College of Pontiffs (the association of priests of the official Roman religion) was very useful to ambitious men, and so many were appointed priests despite having little interest in or talent for the religious life. These political priests would then leave the actual daily duties of the religion to a smaller crew of dedicated men (plus the women of the Vestal Virgins) while gaining the prestige of being publicly pious. Octavianus joined the College of Pontiffs in 47 BC, aged just 16, when his grand-uncle Julius Caesar was Pontifex Maximus (High Priest, head of the College). After Julius Caesar′s assassination, the office was taken over by Lepidus, who retained it (despite his eventual exile) until his death in 13 BC. At that point, Octavianus, by now called Augustus, became the new Pontifex Maximus, and the title was then passed down to subsequent emperors who often had even less claim to it (at least based on interest in, or aptitude for, religious observances). The title "Pontifex Maximus" was used even by the early Christian emperors, up to Gratianus (375-383 AD) despite their opposition to the official pagan gods of the Roman religion. It was finally dropped as an Imperial title by Gratianus, though it has sometimes been used since the Renaissance to describe the Roman Catholic Pope. In fact the use of the lituus continued as crosier of catholic bishops.
♦ Wonderful coin of devine style and attractive toning. Extremely rare ♦ Cohen- (cf. 32 = hear to right) | RIC 491 (R3) | BMC 700 | RPC.2206 RRR
attractive tone
vf+
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