v13_0846 - TACITUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
Realised price : 76.22 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 94.52 €
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
Realised price : 76.22 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 94.52 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 01-02/276
Mint name / Town : Gaule, Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Officine: 2e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron. Portrait magnifique. Petite faiblesse de frappe sur la légende au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L’empereur Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDE-S MI-L-ITVM// BA.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) militaire debout à gauche tenant une enseigne dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité militaire).
Commentary
Poids 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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