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| Estimate : | 2 200 € |
| Price : | 1 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 420 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 14:43:33 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: novembre - décembre
Date: 275
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,30 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large et ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Portrait de toute beauté, exceptionnel. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine gris foncé avec reflets mordorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du baron Louis Chaurand et de la collection de Daniel Compas
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CL TACITVS - AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié et cuirassé de Tacite à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant un sceptre transversal sur l’épaule droite et un bouclier de la main gauche, orné d’une tête de Méduse (F).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus” (L’empereur césar Marc Claude Tacite auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AEQVI-TAS AVG/ -|-// -.
Reverse description : Æquitas (l'Équité) debout à gauche, drapée tenant de la main droite une balance et de la gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Æquitas Augusti” (L’Équité de l’auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Avec son argenture superficielle. Émission sans marque. Rubans de type 3. Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Bastien (B. 18a, pl. II) provenant de la collection Louis Chaurand.
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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