E-auction 143-82468 - brm_313283 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 50 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 January 2016 14:35:00 |
| bidders : | 11 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: janvier - juin
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Tacite à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPE-S PVB-LICA/ -|-//T.
Reverse description : La Victoire à gauche debout à droite, tenant une palme de la main gauche et couronnant l'empereur de la droite ; Tacite est à droite tourné à gauche et tient un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Publica”, (L’Espérance publique).
Commentary
Avec des traces d’argenture superficielle. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Portrait particulier et caractéristique de Cyzique. Seulement deux exemplaires dans le trésor de La Venèra, n° 2424, pl. 21 et un seul exemplaire au Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, acquis en 1980.
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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