v26_0426 - TACITUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 127.00 €
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 125.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 127.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 11-12/275
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,18 g.
Officine: 5e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet. Très beau portrait. Frappe un peu faible au revers. Patine marron avec des reflets métalliques
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S - AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) casquée et drapée debout à gauche, s'appuyant de la main droite sur un bouclier et tenant une lance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids léger. Avec son argenture superficielle.
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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