E-auction 296-215795 - brm_445067 - TACITUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 87 € |
| Maximum bid : | 89 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 December 2018 14:22:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début - juin
Date: 276
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,95 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire avec un buste remarquable et un portrait de Méduse bien visible. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Tacite à droite, avec l’égide sur l’épaule gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant (O4).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM/ -|-// XXIS.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, debout de face regardant à gauche tenant dans chaque main une enseigne militaire.
Reverse translation : "Fides Militum", (La Fidélité des soldats).
Commentary
Poids léger. Buste exceptionnel avec une égide se résumant au profil de Méduse. Type rare avec sept exemplaires recensés dans le RIC temp., n°3569. Notre exemplaire y est représenté. C’est celui provenant de la vente RAUCH de septembre 2009, n°1208.
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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