brm_317273 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,66 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier. Très beau portrait. Patine gris-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite pieux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORD MILIT/ Q// XXI.
Reverse description : L’empereur lauré, debout à droite, donnant la main à Concordia (la Concorde) debout à gauche.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Militum”, (La Concorde des Armées).
Commentary
Un seul exemplaire au trésor de la Vénera et deux exemplaires connus au total dans le RIC temporaire (n°3700). Type rarissime que nous proposons pour la première fois à la vente !.
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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