E-auction 63-29663 - bpv_308411 - TACITUS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 22 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2014 16:24:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure regulière. Beau portrait d eTacite. Aigle bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse legend : A K KL TAKI-TOS SEB, (Autokrator Kaisar Klaidios Takitos Sebastos).
Obverse translation : (L’empereur césar Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche, tournant la tête à droite, tenant une couronne dans son bec.
Reverse legend : ETOUS/ A.
Reverse translation : (an 1).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3.
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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