Live auction - brm_951511 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 410 € |
| Maximum bid : | 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 14:57:07 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début 276
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,05 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan épais, centré des deux côtés. Buste de toute beauté, finement détaillé. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé avec des reflets cuivrés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié drapé et cuirassé à de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PROVID D AVG (SIC!).
Reverse description : Providentia (la Providence) debout à gauche, tenant un bâton au-dessus d’un globe de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Providentia Augusti”, (La Providence de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids très lourd !.
Historical background
TACITUS
(11-12/275-06/276)
According to A. Chastagnol, the interregnum lasts nearly two months, between the end of September and the beginning of December 275 at most. The same researcher establishes that Tacitus was not elected by the Senate alone, but with the help of the army, during a diplomatic ballet between Rome and the Pannonian armies, so that Tacitus would accept the purple. The date of his elevation poses a problem and the traditional date of September 25 may be called into question if the interregnum lasts until December. At the beginning of 276, Tacitus left Rome to fight the Goths who had invaded Asia Minor. He was finally assassinated at Tyana in Cappadocia..
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